Covid-19 in France: 146 new deaths in 24 hours, 24,544 people hospitalized

While 600,000 people who do not have a complete vaccination schedule, according to the Ministry of Health, are likely to see the validity of their health pass come to an end this Saturday, January 15, the Omicron "tsunami" continues to overwhelm France and putting hospital staff under pressure.

Public Health France lists this Saturday 24,544 people hospitalized for a diagnosis of Covid-19, including 1,690 new hospitalizations in 24 hours.

On Friday, hospitals had 24,511 patients and 21,721 the previous week.

Among these hospitalized patients, 218 people have been admitted to critical care in the past 24 hours, the units reserved for the most severe cases, against 310 the day before.

A total of 3,852 patients occupy a bed in these services this Friday.

They were 3,895 the day before and 3,821 a week earlier.

If the hospital pressure is still strong, it is the 4th consecutive day of a drop in the number of daily admissions to critical care, and the 3rd consecutive day of a drop in the number of patients treated in critical care.

The incidence rate on a plateau

In addition, 146 new people have died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours in hospital, bringing the number of victims since the start of the epidemic to 126,874 people in France.

The incidence rate (all ages combined) in France has been on a sort of "plateau" for several days, slightly below 2,900. #Covid19

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— Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) January 15, 2022

The incidence rate (all ages combined) in France has been on a sort of “plateau” for several days, slightly below 2,900 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Over one week, the incidence rate increases "only" by 11.8%.

This is the lowest growth rate since December 20.

The positivity rate, which has been down very slightly in recent days, goes above 20% this evening for the first time.