The intensive care unit of the Créteil hospital center. – MEIGNEUX ROMUALD / SIPA
The news on the coronavirus front in France is not good. The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care increased again this Saturday, while hospital pressure remains at a high level, according to figures from Public Health France, which report nearly 30,000 new contaminations.
While the threshold of 4,000 Covid-19 patients in intensive care or intensive care was crossed Friday for the first time since the end of November, this number increased again in 24 hours, to 4,070 on Saturday, including 263 new admissions.
Rising positivity rate
More than a quarter of these patients in shifts (1,100) are in Ile-de-France, where the particularly worrying situation is pushing the health authorities to organize transfers of patients to other regions.
With 1,087 new hospitalizations in 24 hours, there are now 24,671 Covid-19 patients in hospitals in France, down slightly compared to the day before. 174 new deaths were recorded at the hospital in 24 hours, bringing the toll to 90,315 people who have died from Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic in hospitals and nursing homes, including 65,004 in hospitals. The 90,000 mark was exceeded on Friday.
The number of new cases of contamination stood at 29,759, against 25,229 the day before and 23,306 a week ago. The positivity rate (number of people positive for Covid-19 out of all those tested) is up to 7.4%.
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