The Omicron variant continues to circulate at high speed in France.
On Tuesday, for the first time, the threshold of more than 500,000 positive cases had been crossed with 501,635 new cases.
The average over the past week is close to 370,000 cases per day.
Scientists, however, call for less focus on contamination: the new variant is extremely contagious but less virulent than its predecessor Delta.
The trend of recent days is confirmed: the number of hospitalizations is on the rise, serious cases are on the decline.
The number of hospitalized patients rose above the 30,000 mark on Tuesday, for the first time since the end of April with 30,189 people treated at the hospital.
This Wednesday, 30,624 people are hospitalized, compared to 27,230 last Wednesday.
3,297 have been admitted to hospital since Tuesday.
3,712 people are treated in critical care services this Wednesday against 3,741 on Tuesday.
Last Wednesday, Public Health France counted 3852. 341 people have been admitted to these services in the past 24 hours.
Public Health France deplores 258 new deaths.
According to the Directorate General of Health, 34,522,301 people have received a booster dose to date.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 53,887,709 people have received at least one injection, i.e. 79.9% of the total population.
52,573,176 people now have a complete vaccination schedule, i.e. 78.0% of the total population.