Faced with epidemic pressure from Covid-19, the White plan was triggered in hospitals in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur on Tuesday, after those in Lyon and the Grand Est.
The health authorities have identified 1,665 new admissions to the hospital over the past 24 hours and 12,714 patients treated in hospitals across the country on Tuesday, against 12,096 on Monday and 10,249 seven days ago.
Of these people, 2,351 work in critical care services, reserved for the most severe cases.
They were 2,191 the day before and 1,824 a week earlier.
The symbolic bar of more than 2,000 patients was crossed last Friday.
Some 408 people seriously ill with Covid have joined these units since Monday.
687,000 booster doses, a record
Public Health France identified 59,019 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 or one of its variants this Tuesday evening.
The incidence, all ages combined, is still increasing very strongly.
But its growth rate has continued to decline slightly since Monday: + 44% in one week.
However, it is approaching the peak of the 2nd wave (500), now exceeding 444 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The incidence rate (all ages combined) is still increasing very strongly, but its growth rate continues to decrease slightly: + 44% in one week.
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Health authorities have also identified 168 individuals who died due to infection with SARS-CoV-2 or one of its variants in the past 24 hours.
Bringing to 119,895
people take the death toll from Covid since the start of the pandemic in France.
77% of the total population has received at least one injection (52.1 million people) and 76% of the total population has a complete vaccination schedule (51 million people), indicates the General Directorate of Health, which also reports that 687,000 booster doses have been administered in the past 24 hours, a record.
