While nearly 3,200 classes are closed in France and positive cases are up 36% over one week, the epidemic figures, published Friday by Public Health France, continue to attest to a drop in pressure. hospital.
This Friday, 20,519 patients are hospitalized with a Covid-19 diagnosis.
They were 20,609 the day before and 21,024 seven days ago.
However, daily hospitalizations are on the rise: Public Health France counted 1,182 this Friday against 1,099 seven days ago.
The spread of BA.2, the "little brother" of Omicron, now the majority in France, is particularly felt.
97,579 positive cases were identified in 24 hours, compared to 72,399 last Friday.
The average over the past week is 82,356 cases per day (+36% during the week).
• 97,579 positive cases were identified in 24 hours, compared to 72,399 last Friday.
• The average over the past week is 82,356 cases per day (+36% during the week).
#Covid19
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— Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) March 18, 2022
The number of patients in critical care (continuous monitoring, intensive care, resuscitation) is down with 1,674 patients currently in these services, compared to 1,695 on Thursday and 1,875 last Friday.
Over a week, the number of critical care patients fell by -11%.
🏥 Evolution, over one week, of all #Covid19 hospital indicators 👇
• daily hospitalizations: +10%
• daily critical care admissions: -9%
• hospitalized patients: -2%
• critical care patients: -11%
• deaths dailies: -2%
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— Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) March 18, 2022
108 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours at the hospital.
Daily deaths are down -2% over a week.
Since the start of the pandemic, 140,841 people positive for Covid-19 have died in France.
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On the vaccination side, the High Authority for Health recommends this Friday a second booster dose for people over 80 but also for 65-79 year olds who are volunteers and at high risk of a serious form of Covid.
Vaccination is currently struggling to progress.
According to the Directorate General of Health, a total of 54.27 million people have received at least one injection (80.5% of the total population), 53.34 have a complete vaccination schedule (79.1%) and 39, 38 million received a booster dose.
