Coronavirus might be hogging the headlines again, but in France normal seasonal flu is proving far more deadly.
France has been in a state of influenza epidemic since the start of February. Latest figures from Santé publique France show that every region of the country is in epidemic level of the illness, with 175 people per 100,000 of the population falling sick.
But with both the number of new cases and the number of hospitalisations falling, public health experts believe the flu has now peaked. All regions of France remain at epidemic level, apart from the greater Paris Île-de-France area which is now post-epidemic.
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Map: Santé Publique France
Since the start of the outbreak in November, 724 people have been admitted to intensive care with flu and 72 of them have died.
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