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The number of patients with Covid-19 in intensive care continued to increase on Friday, and is approaching a little closer to the peak of the second wave in the fall, according to data from Public Health France (SpF).

The number of patients in intensive care has been rising steadily since the lowest recorded on January 7 (2,573 patients).

They were 4,766 Friday in sheaves, against 4,709 the day before.

476 admissions to intensive care in the last 24 hours

The highest number of the second wave dates from November 16, with 4,903 patients treated in these services which welcome the most serious cases, on that date.

In the past 24 hours, 476 patients went into intensive care against 408 the day before, according to data from SpF.

The total number of people hospitalized in France because of Covid-19 was 27,242 on Friday, with 2,048 new admissions in 24 hours.

The disease has killed 304 people in hospital in 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths recorded in France to 93,709 since the start of the epidemic more than a year ago.

The milestone of 10 million injections passed in France, announces Veran

The Minister of Health also announced on his Twitter account that with more than 400,000 injections carried out this Friday, including 140,000 with the AstraZeneca vaccine, "France has passed the 10 million mark" of injections carried out since the start of the campaign (counting all people who received only one dose, and those who received a second injection).

Daily data on contamination was not yet available.

With nearly 400,000 injections (including 140,000 Astra Zeneca) made this Friday, France passes the 10 million mark.

And 7.5 million French people vulnerable to covid have received at least a 1st dose.


Thank you all for your mobilization!

- Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) March 26, 2021

"A race against time is underway", announced Matignon in a press release, after a meeting between Prime Minister Jean Castex and the prefects and health officials of the 19 departments affected by the new restrictions.

The Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has also announced that in these same territories, a single case of Covid in a class would now result in its closure.

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