France is experiencing the first weekend of the second stage of deconfinement, which is accompanied by the reopening of non-essential stores, cultural places, terraces and the reduction of the curfew to 9 p.m.
What to enjoy some of the joys of "life before".
But the Covid-19 is still very present, especially in hospitals, even if the indicators continue to decline slowly, started almost a month ago.
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In the past 24 hours, 468 people have been admitted to hospital because they are infected with the coronavirus.
A total of 19,765 are currently hospitalized.
They were 20,209 the day before and 22,950 seven days ago, a sign that the decline is continuing.
The number of Covid-19 patients has therefore just dropped back below the 20,000 mark this Saturday, for the first time since the end of last October.
The slow decline in critical care
Regarding critical care - bringing together intensive care units, intensive care units and continuous monitoring units - the decline is also continuing.
115 new patients have joined in the past 24 hours.
A total of 3,544 people are currently in a critical care unit, up from 3,631 the day before and 4,271 seven days ago.
As for deaths, the trend is also down compared to April, since 89 people lost their lives as a result of Covid-19 in 24 hours.
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Vaccination, which will be open to all adults from May 31 instead of June 15, continues to progress.
According to the latest figures from the Directorate General of Health, 22,908,758 people received at least one injection, which corresponds to 34.2% of the total population and 43.6% of the adult population and 9,690,645 people have received two injections.
In the past 24 hours, 453,307 doses have been injected.
