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France exceeded the threshold of 50 million French people fully vaccinated on Friday evening.
On Saturday, 6,524 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized in the country, against 6,348 last Saturday, according to the new daily report from Public Health France.
176 of them have been admitted to hospital in the past 24 hours.
The number of seriously affected people is up slightly: with 44 new entries in critical care services, 1,039 people were cared for on Saturday in these units reserved for the most severe cases.
22 people have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
In total, the coronavirus has killed 117,639 people in France since the start of the pandemic.
After receiving the green light from their drug agency, the United States is preparing to start vaccinating 5-11 year olds with Pfizer in the coming weeks.
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50 million French people fully vaccinated.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 51,226,420 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 76% of the total population) and 50,044,551 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 74.2%) according to the figures from the Ministry of Health Solidarity on Saturday.
#Vaccination # COVID19 |
As of October 30:
✔ 51,226,420 people have received a 1st injection
✔ 50,044,551 people have a complete vaccination schedule
- Ministry of Solidarity and Health (@Sante_Gouv) October 30, 2021
7.45 a.m.
A moderate recovery, but very present.
The number of treatments for Covid-19 is no longer decreasing and is now up slightly to 6,524 patients treated on Saturday against 6,348 a week earlier.
At least 176 new hospitalizations for coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours, against 184 last Saturday.
Daily hospitalizations of # Covid19 patients in France have increased by around 10% per week for 10 days.
This testifies to a real resumption of the epidemic, but which remains very moderate.
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- Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) October 30, 2021
The same goes for critical care services, where 1,039 people were hospitalized on Saturday, against 1,007 a week ago.
Hospitals reported 44 new admissions (67 the day before) compared to 42 seven days ago.
7:30 am.
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