Incidence in the UK
In the UK, 48 deaths related to COVID were also recorded over the past day.
UK-wide data were released after the banking holiday, when death and case data were released only in England.
Today, for the first time in the UK, more than 200,000 cases of COVID have been reported.
At the same time, on January 3, 14,210 patients with COVID were in the hospital, including 777 patients who required mechanical ventilation.
Morbidity in France
In France, a sharp increase in the incidence of COVID-19 continues.
In the past 24 hours, 271,686 new cases have been identified, up from 67,461 the day before and 179,807 last Tuesday.
In addition, the epidemic continues to progress at the hospital, where 20,186 patients were hospitalized this Tuesday versus 19,606 on Monday, that is, 2881 new patients in 24 hours.
This trend is confirmed in intensive care units, where the most severe forms of the disease are admitted: a total of 3,665 patients were treated in these units on Tuesday, while 460 people were admitted in 24 hours, compared with 3,654 the previous day.
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