The epidemic is no longer receding.
The latest figures from Public Health France, released this Friday, confirm this.
Despite a number of deaths that remains low and stable, the number of people hospitalized and in critical care is no longer declining.
In some departments, such as in the Pyrénées-Orientales where wearing a mask is once again compulsory indoors, the epidemic rises very quickly because of the Delta variant, which is more contagious.
At the dawn of the weekend, there are 6,971 people hospitalized this Friday, compared to 7,054 on Thursday and 7,275 seven days ago.
220 new admissions due to a Covid-19 infection have been recorded in the last 24 hours in hospital services (213 Thursday, 147 a week ago).
Among the hospitalizations, 899 patients are in critical care (resuscitation, intensive care and continuous monitoring).
It's 15 months since the day before.
There were 953 a week ago.
On the death front, 22 have been deplored in the hospital in the past 24 hours.
Over the same period, Thursday, 16 deaths had been recorded.
There were 18 last Friday.
