Hospital tension is still strong, a few weeks away from a possible reopening of the terraces in France.
This Tuesday, Public Health France counted 338 new deaths linked to Covid-19, as well as 30,317 new contaminations reported from all over France.
These deaths, which occurred in hospitals, bring the toll of the epidemic to more than 103,600 deaths in France.
Currently, 30,281 patients are treated following a Covid-19 infection, against 30,596 on Monday, and 31,086 last Tuesday.
2,109 patients have been admitted to hospital in the past 24 hours, we learn via the Géodes platform.
5,943 patients are hospitalized in critical care, against 6,001 on Monday, and 5,984 last Tuesday.
For the past ten days, the number of patients in intensive care has been approaching 6,000, a figure below the peak of the first wave in April 2020 (around 7,000), but higher than that of the second wave in April 2020. fall (4,900).
On the side of contaminations, the institute counts 30,317 new cases this Tuesday, after 5,952 Monday and 43,098 last Tuesday.
Faced with vaccination appointments that seem to accumulate without always finding a taker, the government is also considering opening the possibility of being vaccinated to all adults over 50 years earlier than expected.
