At the same time, the epidemic seems to indeed be decreasing, even though the virus is still spreading very strongly in the mainland. The latest figures from health authorities report 28,603 patients hospitalized in France for a Covid-19 infection. An additional 1,246 new patients had to be admitted to the hospital.
In the hospital, yet again, 195 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Regarding infections, the latest figures indicate 25,670 detected infections in the past 24 hours. The average number of infections is 24,111 per day over the past week.
This Saturday, vaccination was opened to other French citizens with comorbidities. These measures would concern nearly 4 million people, according to government estimates.
15,772,708 people have received at least one injection (which accounts for 23.5% of the total population and 30% of the adult population) and 6,499,811 people have received two injections (amounting to 9.7% of the total population and 12.4% of the adult population), according to the latest provisional data pending consolidation.
