32,720 patients are currently in hospital with a Covid diagnosis (including 3,230 admissions in the past 24 hours) compared to 32,894 on Tuesday and 30,624 a week ago, according to Public Health France.
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Critical care services received 3,700 patients (including 366 admissions) against 3,751 on Tuesday and 3,712 a week ago. The number of new cases stood at 315,363. On average over seven days, 306,076 cases were recorded against 365,130 a week ago, seeming to confirm that the peak of contamination has passed.
The number of deaths since the start of the epidemic, almost two years ago, now stands at 131,588 people. According to the counts of the last 24 hours, 277 people died in hospital with a Covid diagnosis (compared to 382 the day before). The government began on Wednesday to lift restrictions on the French.