France has recorded nearly 4,347 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, while hospitalizations and resuscitations are on the rise, according to data from Public Health France published on Monday, February 1.
The number of new cases is usually low on Monday due to the closure of city laboratories during the weekend.
This number is up slightly from last Monday (4,240 on January 25).
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The weekly average of daily new cases, which equalizes irregularities, now stands at 20,515, the highest since November 23.
This Monday, 27,914 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized, including 301 new admissions in 24 hours.
3,228 Covid-19 patients are in intensive care or intensive care, a figure also on the rise, with 70 new admissions.
In addition, 455 deaths have been recorded at the hospital in 24 hours, for a total of 76,512 deaths since the start of the epidemic.
The test positivity rate is 6.7%.
Five weeks after the start of vaccination in France, nearly 1.48 million people received at least one dose of the vaccine.
On Saturday January 30, Emmanuel Macron defended his decision not to impose a new confinement on the French, declaring that he was confident in his ability to curb the COVID-19 epidemic with less severe restrictions.
Earlier Monday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal nonetheless said the chances of avoiding a third lockdown were slim, adding that everything would be done to avoid it.
