PROGRESSION – The sixth wave continues to swell in France. According to Public Health France more than 332,000 new contaminations were declared on Wednesday. Nearly 3,700 patients are also treated in critical care.
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Contamination is rampant. During the debates in the National Assembly this Wednesday, Olivier Véran, indicated that nearly 335,000 new Covid-19 contaminations were expected in France in one day. Specifically, according to figures published by Public Health France a few hours later, 332,252 new cases were detected in 24 hours, or 59% more compared to last Wednesday. This figure beats the record reached the day before, where 271,686 cases of Covid-19 had been recorded. The previous record went back to the end of December, with just over 230,000 new cases in one day.
On average, 198,200 new cases have been detected daily over the past 7 days.
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Nearly 20,700 hospitalized patients
As a result of this outbreak, hospital pressure is not weakening: in total, 20,688 patients were hospitalized on Wednesday, against 20,186 on Tuesday, or 502 new admissions in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France. The trend is also confirmed in critical care services, which welcome the most serious forms of the disease. In total, these services were treating 3695 patients on Wednesday with new 30 admissions in 24 hours.
By way of comparison, if the number of patients treated in critical care remains far from the peak of the first wave (more than 7,000, in 2020) or that of the third (6,001, in 2021), it risks becoming familiar in the short term. that of the second wave (4903, in 2020).
In 24 hours, hospitals recorded 246 deaths, up from 297 on Tuesday.
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In addition, a total of 66,000 people received a first dose of vaccine on Wednesday, a record since October 1, said the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, implying a link with the debates on the vaccine pass. and the controversial remarks of Emmanuel Macron.
For now, 76.9% of French people are fully vaccinated (51,833,129 people), and 78.6% have received at least one injection (53,003,727 people), according to the Directorate General of Health (DGS).
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