More than 400 Covid-19 patients have died in hospital in the last 24 hours, according to data released Tuesday evening by Public Health France.
Hospitalizations are still increasing slightly, including in intensive care, exacerbating the "high plateau" situation described by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
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The day before, France had recorded 456 deaths of Covid-19 patients in hospital, bringing the total of deaths to 76,512 since the start of the epidemic in hospitals and medico-social establishments such as nursing homes.
23,337 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours.
1.5 million first dose administered
On Tuesday, 28,029 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized (+155 compared to the day before), including 2,189 new admissions in 24 hours (against 1,750 on Monday), according to the Public Health France database.
Among the most serious cases, 3,270 Covid-19 patients were in intensive care or intensive care, a figure also on the rise (+52), with 369 new admissions in 24 hours (against 318).
Four weeks after the start of vaccination in France, more than 1.54 million people received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Among them, a little more than 67,000 had received the two doses Monday evening, according to Public Health France which gives these figures with a day of delay.
