The situation is becoming more and more reassuring: this Tuesday, health authorities reported fewer than 2,000 people being treated in critical care units, specifically 1,952.
For reference, there were still 2,394 a week ago. Another piece of good news: the positivity rate stands at 1.5%, a figure not seen for a year. In the Alpes-Maritimes, the incidence rate has further decreased, now at 20/100,000 (alert rate: 50/100,000).
There were 3,235 new infections counted in the last 24 hours, compared to 6,018 last Tuesday, indicating a significant decline in the epidemic. More broadly, the country still has 12,008 Covid-19 patients in hospital wards, compared to 13,984 a week ago. And 300 people have been admitted in the last 24 hours, including 69 in units dedicated to the most severe cases.
Still at the hospital, health authorities reported 76 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, with an average of 50 per day over the past week. This is seven times less than two months ago. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the country has recorded 110,559 Covid-19 deaths.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign, 30,764,968 people have received at least one injection (representing 45.9% of the total population and 58.6% of the adult population) and 14,750,588 people have received two injections (representing 22% of the total population and 28.1% of the adult population), according to provisional data from the Ministry of Health. In total, 16,554,449 people have a complete vaccination schedule.
