As the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care continues to rise and variants are causing increasing concern, Jean Castex recently announced new measures, including a strengthened curfew, rather than a national lockdown. Here is the Covid update…
According to the latest information from Santé Publique France, the number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized remains quite high, around 27,000. This figure includes approximately 3,000 patients in intensive care (the most severely affected).
In France
27,242 people were hospitalized due to Covid-19, including 3,103 in intensive care. These figures are close to those from the previous day (27,270 cases in 24 hours and 3,120 patients).
This Saturday, 24,392 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, including 4,021 in nursing homes, bringing the total to 3,177,879 positive cases of the virus in France since the start of the pandemic. The positivity rate of the tests conducted is 6.9%.
242 deaths were recorded in hospitals within 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 75,862 since the start of the epidemic, including 53,159 in hospitals.
1,479,146 vaccine injections have been administered since the launch of the vaccination campaign in France. Among these vaccinated individuals, a little more than 41,000 have already received two doses, according to information from the Santé Publique France agency.
Worldwide
According to a report by AFP, the Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in 2,206,873 deaths worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the emergence of the virus in December 2019.
Today, more than 102,002,160 positive cases have been officially diagnosed worldwide since the start of the epidemic. Nearly 61,888,000 are considered recovered. These figures are based on reports released daily by health authorities around the world.
