MARTIN BUREAU / AFP
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CORONAVIRUS – The new wave continues to gain ground. The number of covid-19 patients in intensive care increased again this Saturday, March 13, while hospital pressure remains at a high level, according to Public Health France figures, 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 this Saturday, including 263 new admissions.
More than a quarter of these patients in shifts (1,100) are in Île-de-France, where the particularly worrying situation is pushing the health authorities to organize patient transfers to other regions.
Jean Castex welcomes the progress of vaccination
With 1,087 new hospitalizations in 24 hours, there are now 24,671 patients with covid-19 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 also 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%.
At the time when these figures were unveiled, Prime Minister Jean Castex, for his part, tried to present the situation in an optimistic manner.
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5 million French people vaccinated.
To all those who are committed to protecting our fellow citizens and who join forces with this momentum: thank you for your mobilization.
It is united that we will defeat the virus.— Jean Castex (@JeanCASTEX) March 13, 2021
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In a tweet, the head of government said that five million French people had now received at least one dose of vaccine against the coronavirus, on the evening of a new day marked by exceptional operations to intensify the vaccination campaign.
“To all those who are committed to protecting our fellow citizens and who join forces with this momentum: thank you for your mobilization”, also wrote the Prime Minister. “It is united that we will defeat the virus.”
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