5053 patients are admitted to “critical care” (a new term by Santรฉ Publique France encompassing “intensive care units, intensive care units (USI), and continuous care services (USC),” the latter two can be upgraded to “intensive care unit” status during periods of high stress), compared to 5,070 on Tuesday and 4,651 last Wednesday. 472 patients have been admitted to these services in the last 24 hours.
A little over 59,000 new infections have been reported. This figure includes the catch-up of data from the previous day. The test positivity rate is at 8.2% over the last 7 days.
France now mourns more than 69,596 deaths due to the epidemic in hospitals, with 304 new hospital deaths recorded.
