France has 26,229 patients hospitalized after contamination with Covid-19, including 3,348 in intensive care according to figures communicated by the Ministry of Health.
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19,590 new Covid-19 contaminations were identified between Monday and Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,489,129 since the start of the epidemic.
Data up sharply compared to 4,376 cases on Monday.
But we must analyze these data with caution: on Monday, the published data are still impacted downwards by the closure of analysis laboratories on weekends.
586 people have died from Covid-19 since the day before according to the Ministry of Health, for a total toll of 82,812 since the start of the epidemic.
186,226 cases have been confirmed in Ehpad and EMS.
France continues its vaccination campaign while the curves have ceased their upward trajectories since the end of January - information tinged with nuance by the concern caused by the variants.
According to figures announced by the government in a press release, 2,347,088 people have received a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine since the start of the campaign, i.e. 3.5% of the total population and 4.4% of the major population.
Over the last 24 hours, 148,178 injections have been performed.
To date, 815,547 people have been administered the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
