Covid-19 in France: 19 new deaths and 7,183 people hospitalized

Contamination has been on the rise in France in recent days, according to Public Health France: more than one in two cases of Covid-19 on French territory is a suspicion of the Delta variant.

But for the moment, the spread of this much more contagious variant has not yet been felt in hospitals which, in a contrary movement, welcome fewer and fewer patients with Covid-19.

This Friday, 7,183 people were hospitalized for an infection linked to the coronavirus, while they were 7,275 the day before, according to Public Health France.

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Among them, 947 patients, the most seriously affected, are treated in critical care services.

They were 953 this Friday and 1123 a week ago.

Nine new patients have been admitted in the last 24 hours compared to 30 Friday and 26 Thursday

Nineteen new deaths linked to Covid-19 are to be deplored in the past 24 hours.

Since the start of the epidemic in France, at least 84,848 Covid-19 patients have died in hospital.

However, the situation could deteriorate in the coming weeks.

Thursday evening, there were 4,442 new contaminations, 70% more than a week earlier).

SPF also notes a "marked increase in the incidence rate, particularly among 15/44 year olds" and more than one in two positive cases in France is a suspicion of a Delta variant.