111,111 dead in France, the decline continues in hospitals

The decline continues in hospitals with less than 8,500 Covid patients hospitalized on Wednesday, including 1,204 in intensive care, to the lowest for more than eight months, according to official figures. In hospitals 8,451 Covid patients were registered, including 158 new patients admitted in the past 24 hours, according to data from Public Health France. They were 8,627 the day before and 9,771 a week earlier.

A total of 111,111 deaths

Even a decline in critical care services, reserved for the most seriously ill, with 1,204 hospitalized patients including 31 new admissions in one day. By way of comparison, the “réa” departments had 1,250 patients the day before and 1,509 seven days earlier.

In 24 hours, 25 patients died in hospital, against 28 a day earlier, bringing the total of deaths to more than 111,111 people since the start of the epidemic in March 2020. On the side of contaminations, 2,457 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate, which represents the number of positive tests compared to all the tests carried out, remains at 0.8% over the last seven days.

Vaccination is on the rise again

On the vaccination side, 33,896,012 people have received at least a first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 and 22,785,561 now have a complete vaccination schedule, according to data from the Ministry of Health on Wednesday. The authorities announced Tuesday that France had passed the milestone of 50% of the total first-vaccinated population, and a third completely, while the rapid spread of the Delta variant threatens to stem the decline in the number of patients in hospitals.

In recent days, the government and health authorities have insisted on the importance of being fully vaccinated to block the Delta variant of the coronavirus, which is more transmissible than other strains. According to Gabriel Attal, appointments are on the increase again.