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10,908 new cases of Covid-19 were detected this Friday, compared to 3,617 the day before. However, the numbers reflect a catch-up effect from the July 14 holiday, when fewer tests were conducted. But over the last 7 days, contamination cases have almost doubled, reaching nearly 40,562, compared to 23,039 in the previous seven days. The threshold of 10,000 new daily cases had not been crossed since the end of May.
In addition, 6,971 patients were hospitalized, a decrease from the previous day (7,054). Among them, 220 individuals were admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours. The number of people in intensive care also saw a slight decrease this Friday. 899 patients were in intensive care units. 33 people were admitted in the last 24 hours.
22 people have also died in the hospital since the previous day, bringing the total death toll since the start of the epidemic to 84,946 deaths in French hospitals.
On the vaccination front, 37,119,805 people have received at least one injection (representing 55.1% of the total population), and 29,781,387 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (representing 44.2% of the total population), since the start of the vaccination campaign in France. 879,597 people received a vaccine injection this Friday, a record.
