A curve that keeps going up.
This Tuesday, France recorded a total of 350,000 new Covid-19 contaminations, a new record, announced the Minister of Health Olivier Véran in front of the National Assembly.
"It will be another 350,000 contaminations that will be published this evening, or even a little more," said the minister.
We have never seen such figures since the start of the health crisis.
I spoke of a tidal wave, the term seems to me to be equal to the number of contaminations.
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After having crossed the threshold of 100,000 cases at the end of December, the contaminations curve in France continues to climb, with frequent new records.
The hospital put "to the test"
"We have had several consecutive days above 200,000, 300,000, and this day will not be lacking in this extremely impressive count," added Olivier Véran.
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“The hospital system is also put to the test.
There are 22,000 patients hospitalized for Covid, 3,900 in critical care and resuscitation in a period also marked by the flu and by the consequences of bronchiolitis which was particularly strong this year ”, continued the Minister.
Olivier Véran also called on the French to be "calm" and to their "responsibilities" in the face of these pressures, before defending the bill on the vaccine pass, a project necessary if we want to avoid "more radical measures ", Like closures of establishments receiving the public, or confinements, according to him.
