Covid-19 in France: 197 deaths in 24 hours, fewer and fewer positive patients in hospital

Pending the “moment when the virus will no longer be talked about”, in the words of the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, the Covid-19 epidemic is still present in France even if the situation is improving in hospitals. 26,118 patients positive for Covid-19 are hospitalized this Thursday in France, according to the latest report published by Public Health France. They were 26,881 the day before and 29,843 seven days ago.

In critical care services (intensive care, continuous monitoring and resuscitation), 2,656 Covid-19 positive patients are currently hospitalized compared to 2,753 on Wednesday and 3,555 a week ago. The number of critical care patients fell -13% this week.

197 deaths in hospital in the past 24 hours

In 24 hours, 66,732 positive cases were identified, against 92,345 last Thursday. The average over the past week is 66,619 cases per day (-33% in one week).

In addition, Public Health France deplores 197 new deaths of positive patients in hospital in the past 24 hours. Since the start of the pandemic, 137,770 people positive for the virus have died. Daily deaths are down 15% over a week.