With 158 new admissions to critical care in 24 hours, the number of patients in these services, which treat the most severe cases, has reached 1,745. There were 1,371 last Wednesday.
30,920 new cases have also been detected, compared to 28,784 last Tuesday.
Hospitals were hosting 9,233 patients on Wednesday, with 773 admitted on that same day. 54 Covid-related deaths have been recorded in hospitals.
On the vaccination front, 45,582,015 people have received at least one injection (which is 67.6% of the total population), and 38,154,272 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (which is 56.6% of the total population).
