PANDEMIC – The number of deaths in hospital is experiencing the same trend, with 148 deaths in 24 hours, against 273 the day before
Pressure hospital due to the pandemic Covid-19 continues to decrease, with in particular half as many new hospitalizations in 24 hours, while contaminations also drop, according to figures published this Saturday by Public health France.
French hospitals currently have 28,632 patients with Covid-19, compared to 29,194 the day before and 31,522 a week earlier. The easing of this pressure is particularly visible on new hospitalizations: 978 in 24 hours against 1,795 the day before and 1,329 last Saturday.
This downward trend is also found in critical care services, which receive the most serious cases, in particular in intensive care, with 2,918 patients (including 127 new admissions), against 2,970 the day before and 3,324 a week ago.
Declining death toll
The number of deaths in hospital is experiencing the same trend, with 148 deaths in 24 hours against 273 the day before and 161 a week earlier. In two years of the epidemic, the Covid has caused the death of 108,592 people in hospital and 136,594 in France in total.
In terms of contamination, the decline is also confirmed: the laboratories recorded 76,638 positive cases over 24 hours, almost 10,000 less than Friday (85,553), against 118,611 on Saturday (…) Read more at 20 minutes
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