"The fifth wave is here," said government spokesman Gabriel Attal, leaving the Council of Ministers on Wednesday.
While Europe is once again the engine of the epidemic on a global scale, the French balance sheet seems to resist the runaway, for the moment.
Indeed, according to figures from Public Health France, 7,663 people are hospitalized due to a Covid-19 infection, against 7,535 the day before, and 6,906 a week ago.
Hospitals recorded 525 admissions in 24 hours, up from 647 the day before, and 397 a week ago.
1,300 people are receiving critical care, compared to 1,277 the day before, and 1,154 7 days ago.
France has 20,294 new cases of Covid-19 detected in the past 24 hours, against, against 19,778 the day before, and 11,883 a week ago, an increase of just under 50% compared to the figures of November 10.
286,366 injections of the Covid-19 vaccine have been carried out in the past 24 hours, including 34,057 first doses, and 208,230 booster doses.
51,609,299 people received at least one injection (ie 76.5% of the total population) and 50,530,059 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (ie 74.9% of the total population).