During a PCR test in Lyon , as part of the massive screening campaign organized by the region until 20 December. – E. Frisullo / 19 Minutes
Christmas week , the number of virological tests for Covid – 19 has taken off, with more than three million performed and a growing share of antigenic tests, announced the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES) on Thursday.
Between the 21 and the 27 December, 3, millions of virological tests have been carried out in France,
whose 42, 2% of antigenic tests , indicates in a press release the DREES, which notes a concentration of these tests the few days before Christmas.
The number of tests multiplied by five
The figure is up sharply compared to the previous week (2.3 million tests, including nearly a third of antigenic tests). “In two weeks, the number of antigenic tests has almost increased fivefold”, underlines the Drees.
Despite this very significant increase in RT-PCR and antigenic tests carried out, the proportion of tests validated in less than 24 h remains stable compared to the previous week, at 190%. Between March 1 and 23 December, 27, 7 million RT-PCR tests and 2.8 million antigenic tests were carried out in France, specifies the Drees.