France reported 2,200 new hospitalizations this Thursday, November 19, announced Jรฉrรดme Salomon, Director General of Health, during a press conference alongside Olivier Vรฉran, Minister of Health.
The total number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients is 32,345. In the last 24 hours, 311 people have been admitted to intensive care.
A total of 2,086,288 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in France since the beginning of the epidemic, an increase of 21,150 from yesterday: This Thursday, 2,171 positive results from antigen tests were added to the 18,979 RT-PCR tests according to Public Health France.
In the last 24 hours, 436 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in hospital settings, bringing the total number of deaths to 47,127 since the start of the epidemic.
In nursing homes, Brigitte Bourguignon, the Minister Delegate for Autonomy, announced 163 deaths per day.
