Cochin hospital in Paris, March 18, 2021. -
AFP
The number of Covid-19 patients treated in intensive care units continues to climb, with more than 4,500 patients, according to figures from Public Health France published on Monday evening.
Nationally, the intensive care units, which treat patients with the most severe forms of the disease, have 4,548 patients.
This is 329 more than a week ago.
The indicators of the Covid-19 epidemic, in particular soared in Ile-de-France, according to figures from the Regional Health Agency, the number of new cases bordering on that reached at the peak of the second wave, at the end of October .
More than 26,000 patients in the hospital
A figure up steadily from the lowest recorded on January 7, with 2,573 patients, following the second wave of the fall.
He is also progressing towards the latter's record, which was 4,903 on November 16.
Over 24 hours, the intensive care unit welcomed 471 new patients.
All Covid-19 patients combined, hospitals counted 26,488 patients on Monday, 1,902 admitted over the last 24 hours.
In Ile-de-France, the incidence rate (number of new cases recorded over a week) stood at 537.3 per 100,000 inhabitants over the last seven days, against more than 400 a week ago.
This is more than twice the alert threshold (250) set by the government.
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