While the number of hospitalized patients is stagnating in France, with an infection rate still low, the authorities are worried about a "vaccine gap" between the vaccinated population and those who are not.
Le Figaro
takes stock this Sunday, July 4 on the latest information related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
7,913 patients hospitalized on Sunday
Hospital figures for the Covid-19 epidemic remained stable and at a level that was still contained on Sunday, according to Public Health France.
Hospitals had 7,913 Covid-19 patients on Sunday (compared to 7,912 on Saturday and 8,986 the previous Sunday), including 1,104 in critical care (1,102 the day before and 1,345 seven days ago).
Over the last 24 hours, 41 patients (against 79 the day before) entered the hospital and 12 patients (17 the day before) were admitted to critical care, reserved for the most seriously ill patients.
Nine deaths in 24 hours
In 24 hours, 9 people died from Covid-19 in hospital, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease to at least 111,190 since the start of the epidemic in early 2020, including 84,717 in hospital.
2,549 new cases since Saturday
On the contamination side, 2,549 new cases have been confirmed over the past 24 hours.
The positivity rate, which represents the number of positive tests compared to all tests performed, remains low at 0.8% over the last seven days.
36.2% of the vaccinated population
Since the start of the vaccination campaign, 34,549,222 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 51.2% of the total population) and 24,426,131 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 36.2% of the population). ).
Warning from Alain Fischer, "Monsieur vaccine"
Those who wait "are making a mistake", warned Alain Fischer, the "Mr. Vaccine" of the French government, while the anti-Covid vaccine campaign is running out of steam in the country.
"By vaccinating today, we are protected for the start of the school year,"
he said.
For his part, government spokesman Gabriel Attal warned Sunday against the
"vaccine divide"
which could cause
"resentment between the French"
vaccinated and others.
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Russia: record of contaminations
Russia announced Sunday that it had identified 25,142 new Covid-19 contaminations in the past 24 hours, a record since early January for the country hit hard by the Delta variant.
The population remains suspicious of national vaccines.
Only 23.6 of 146 million Russians, or 16% of the population, are vaccinated.
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Luxembourg: the Prime Minister hospitalized
The Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, was placed on Sunday under observation in the hospital for 24 hours
"as a precaution" in
order to carry out additional analyzes, a week after having tested positive for Covid-19, according to a press release from government.
Xavier Bettel began a ten-day period in isolation on June 27.
He then presented mild symptoms (fever, headache).
He received his first injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine on May 6.
"Essential" workers in the White House
On July 4, which celebrates the American Declaration of Independence of 1776, Democratic President Joe Biden invited caregivers, soldiers and other so-called “essential” workers to Washington for a barbecue and fireworks.
Olympic Games: Serbian athlete tested positive for covid-19
An athlete from the Serbian Olympic delegation tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Japan.
A member of the rowing team - made up of five people - he was checked upon arrival at Tokyo Haneda Airport on Saturday, according to an official in Nando city (center) where the team planned to train before the Olympics.
He was placed in segregation while the other four members of the team were transferred to another location near the airport.
Nearly four million dead
The pandemic has killed at least 3,974,841 people around the world since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP from official sources on Sunday at 10:00 GMT.
The United States is the most affected country in number of deaths (605,493), followed by Brazil (523,587), India (402,005), Mexico (233,580) and Peru (193,069). These figures, which are based on daily reports from national health authorities, are generally underestimated. The WHO estimates that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher.