Nearly 3,500 people with Covid-19 were in intensive care on Sunday in France.

The level of occupancy of the intensive care units returned to that of early December, at the end of the second wave.

122 deaths were recorded at the hospital between Saturday and Sunday, a figure down from last Sunday.

Nearly 3,500 people with Covid-19 were treated on Sunday in intensive care units in France, an indicator in slow progression, according to data released Sunday by Public Health France.

With 3,492 patients, including 164 received in the past 24 hours, the level of occupation of the intensive care units, where the most serious cases are treated, returns to that of early December, at the end of the second epidemic wave of the coronavirus.

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86,000 Covid-19 patients have died since the start of the epidemic

The number of patients in sheaves fell to around 2,600 at the start of January, before gradually rising again since, as a consequence of the increase in the circulation of the virus since the beginning of 2021. But this level remains far from the peak of the second wave in autumn (4,900) and, above all, the first wave in spring (7,000).

The total number of people hospitalized reached 25,280 on Sunday, a stable figure.

122 deaths were recorded at the hospital between Saturday and Sunday, down from last Sunday (160).

More than 86,000 people sick with Covid-19 have died since the start of the epidemic, about a year ago.

While they had decreased at the beginning of February, the cases of contamination detected then started to rise again, reaching nearly 140,000 the week of February 15, against a little less than 130,000 the previous week, according to Health data. public France.

The trend has been confirmed in recent days, with more than 30,000 cases recorded on Monday.

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