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Covid-19: 124,724 new cases in 24 hours, 47 dead in French hospitals

2022-06-29T18:20:46.636Z


The pressure on French hospitals is increasing: 15,690 patients were hospitalized on Wednesday against 15,496 the day before.


The resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in France is beginning to be felt in French hospitals.

15,690 patients were hospitalized on Wednesday, against 15,496 the day before, including 1,118 who arrived in the last 24 hours.

Among them, 914 were admitted to critical care units, compared to 898 on Tuesday.

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47 patients also lost their lives on Wednesday in French hospitals.

Regarding contamination, 124,724 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, compared to 147,248 the day before.

The test positivity rate is 28% and the incidence rate is 731.7.

To remember this Wednesday

SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou called on travelers on Wednesday

to wear the mask again in stations and trains

, even if it is not compulsory.

“We are completely in line with a strong recommendation, both for our staff and for travelers, to wear the mask”

, he declared on France Inter.

The operator of long-distance coach connections FlixBus also announced on Wednesday

“encouraging its passengers to put the mask back on board its buses and at the station”.

Mauritius has lifted most of the health restrictions

that still prevailed to counter the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular allowing the reopening of bars and nightclubs and the abolition of the wearing of compulsory masks in public in order to relaunch its tourist activity.

Mauritius

"is entering a new phase",

welcomed Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday evening in an address to the nation to announce these new provisions after two years of restriction.

A committee of American experts spoke out on Tuesday in favor of a vaccine recall specifically targeting Omicron

, auguring a need for annual injections against Covid, like the flu.

The scientists, invited by the American drug agency, the FDA, approved the measure by 19 votes to 2 after a day spent reviewing the available data, including projections for future waves and preliminary results provided by vaccine manufacturers.

An FDA scientist summed up the complexity of the situation: anticipating the evolution of a virus that has often defied predictions and mutated even faster than the flu.

Source: lefigaro

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