32,852 patients are currently in hospital with a Covid diagnosis (including 3,091 admissions in the past 24 hours) compared to 32,720 on Wednesday and 30,982 a week ago, according to Public Health France. Critical care services received 3,643 patients (including 310 admissions) against 3,700 on Wednesday and 3,694 a week ago.
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The number of new cases stood at 274,352 against 315,363 the previous day. On average over seven days, 289,245 daily cases were recorded, a sharp drop from the 360,386 recorded 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 131,852 people. According to the counts of the last 24 hours, 280 people died in hospital with a Covid diagnosis (compared to 277 the day before).
“At the national level, the peak has passed. Should we deduce that the wave is over, that the epidemic is behind us, no”, commented Thursday Geneviève Chêne, director general of Public Health France, before the fact-finding mission on the adequacy of the vaccination pass to the evolution of the Covid-19 epidemic.