The epidemic continues to decline in the country. The latest figures published this Thursday by health authorities further confirm this trend.
In hospitals, as of this Wednesday, there are 2,245 patients suffering from a severe form of the disease requiring care in critical care units. There were 2,677 a week ago. Overall, French hospitals are currently counting 13,090 COVID-19 patients as of this Thursday. Here too, the trend is largely positive. There were 15,283 last Thursday.
In the last 24 hours, 68 new deaths have been recorded in France. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 110,270 deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded in France. In the last 24 hours, 4,475 new infections have been detected in the country, compared to 8,161 a week ago.
Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign in France, 29,444,218 people have received at least one injection (which is 44.0% of the total population and 56.1% of the adult population) and 13,369,751 people have received two injections (which is 20.0% of the total population and 25.5% of the adult population). 14,998,320 people have a complete vaccination schedule.
