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Covid-19: the peak of the epidemic is long overdue, but the pressure drops in intensive care

2022-01-21T17:07:51.535Z


January 17 marked a record number of contaminations detected. However, several indicators point to a way out of the crisis.


The virus is still actively circulating in the country, since every day more than 300,000 people (on average over the last seven days) are tested positive.

January 17 marked a record, with 525,527 contaminations detected.

However, behind this level of stratospheric contamination, several indicators suggest a way out of the crisis.

In an opinion published yesterday, the Scientific Council even envisages

“the beginning of the end”

for the months of March or April – while alerting to the week to come, which risks being very difficult in hospitals.

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The government has chosen to relax its restrictions from the beginning of February, thanks to the application of the vaccination pass but also to a new epidemic situation with the advance of the Omicron variant.

Indeed, despite the continuous increase in the number of cases, the pressure is a little less strong every day on the intensive care units.

There were nearly 350 daily admissions on January 11...

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Source: lefigaro

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