The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has just announced a local lockdown in the capital for three weeks. While the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, held a press conference this Thursday regarding the health crisis, 20 French departments are now under surveillance following the display of a rather critical incidence rate. Here’s the Covid update…
“We must delay a new strict lockdown as much as possible,” the Prime Minister specified in his press conference this Thursday. The figures on Covid-19 currently appear quite critical, but they do not warrant declaring a state of emergency to the extent of implementing a new national strict lockdown like in March 2020. Jean Castex appeals to the French people, especially those living in the most affected areas, to remain vigilant and adhere to the safety measures in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus and its variants.
In France
In the last 24 hours, health authorities have recorded 25,403 new cases of Covid-19 and 261 deaths. The total count now stands at 3,686,813 confirmed cases and 85,608 deaths (including 61,007 in hospitals) since the beginning of the health crisis in France.
The test positivity rate has slightly increased compared to the previous day: 6.9% against 6.5%. 9,400 new hospitalizations have been reported in the last 24 hours and 1,845 ICU admissions have been recorded over the past seven days.
Today, 2,712,800 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
In the PACA Region
In the PACA region, 1,553 people are hospitalized (-46), 471 people are in intensive care (+2), and 5,608 deaths have been recorded in hospitals since the beginning of the health crisis (+46).
214,473 people have received their first dose of the vaccine as of today throughout the region, which is 3,360 more than the previous day. 105,104 people have received both doses, which is 7,163 more compared to yesterday.
In the Alpes-Maritimes department, there are 352 conventional hospitalizations (-8), 113 ICU patients (-2), 229 patients placed in follow-up and rehabilitation care (SSR), with the ICU bed occupancy rate at 90.8% (compared to 87.8% the previous day). 1,040 deaths have been recorded in hospitals since the pandemic began (+13).
It is important to remember that the incidence rate in the Alpes-Maritimes is the highest in the entire PACA region: 591 compared to the regional average of 364.
