A hospital in Toulouse (illustrative image).
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FRED SCHEIBER / SIPA
The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care was almost stable on Thursday, with 3,633 people against 3,637 the day before, and 293 new admissions, according to the latest data from Public Health France.
This stabilization follows several days of increase in the number of patients in the departments receiving the most severe cases of the disease.
This figure is close to the levels known at the beginning of December but remains far from the peak of the second wave of autumn (4,900) and above all, of the first wave in spring (7,000).
295 deaths in 24 hours
A total of 24,891 sick people were hospitalized on Thursday, a figure down slightly from the day before, with 1,538 new admissions.
In 24 hours, 295 people died in hospital.
During a press conference, Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed the extension of confinement at the weekend in Pas-de-Calais from Saturday and called “solemnly” the staff of nursing homes to be vaccinated “very quickly ”.
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