This Thursday, 5,705 Covid-19 patients are in critical care units (compared to 5,729 on Wednesday).
In total, 30,555 people are hospitalized for an infection with SARS-CoV-2 or its variants. France reports 345 new deaths in hospitals over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 98,065 since the beginning of the pandemic.
In the Alpes-Maritimes, 1,816 deaths are recorded (1,380 in hospitals, 436 in retirement homes and medical facilities).
As of today, in the Alpes-Maritimes, 302,925 people have been vaccinated and
78,441 of them have received both injections.
The department has a vaccination rate of 27.8%, which is higher than the national average and among the highest in France.