The Omicron variant is hitting the country with full force and continues to cause concern, although a slight drop in intensive care units seems to be taking shape. The daily update on the Covid-19 epidemic in France, with figures from Public Health France and the Ministry of Health.
CONTAMINATIONS
This Monday, January 24, 108,481 contaminations were recorded in 24 hours.
HOSPITALIZATIONS
In the hospital, the number of Covid patients was 29,748 this Sunday, against 28,838 yesterday Saturday. 2,753 new patients have been admitted in the past 24 hours.
Critical care services had 3,776 Covid-19 patients this Sunday (with 289 new entries), compared to 3,746 on Sunday.
DEATHS
In 24 hours, 240 people succumbed to Covid-19 in hospital, bringing the total death toll to 129,022 (hospitals and nursing homes included) since the start of the epidemic.
THE VACCINATION
While the vaccination pass came into effect on Monday, 53,813,666 people received at least one injection (i.e. 79.8% of the total population) and 52,479,166 people have a complete vaccination schedule (77.8% of the total population). In addition, 33,830,125 people received a booster dose.