As the fifth wave hits the country, concern is raised about the new Omicron variant. Daily update on the Covid epidemic in France, with figures from Public Health France and the Ministry of Health.
Contamination
This Monday, December 20, the number of new cases was 15,075 in 24 hours, but this figure is traditionally low on Monday. Over the past seven days, the average has climbed to 52,885 daily cases.
The test positivity rate stood at 6.8% on Saturday.
Hospitalizations
France has 15,918 Covid-19 patients hospitalized in total, nearly 400 more than the day before. Public Health France has identified nearly 1,500 new hospitalizations in 24 hours. Critical care services are welcoming more than 3,000 patients with Covid-19 for the first time since May, according to figures released Monday by Public Health France.
These services, where the most serious cases are treated, have 3,025 patients, against 2,936 the day before. They recorded 340 admissions in 24 hours.
Deaths
In 24 hours, 75 people have died of Covid in hospital. The total death toll has risen to 121,493 since the start of the epidemic.
The vaccination
According to the Directorate General of Health, 52,544,638 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 77.9% of the population), and 51,476,035 people have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 76.3% of the population). ). Over 19.8 million booster doses have been administered.