With 5,981 Covid-19 patients in intensive care this Thursday, the epidemic remains stable but at a high level in France.

Nearly 285 patients have died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours and more than 30,000 people are still hospitalized. 

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care continues to approach the threshold of 6,000 people, while the number of patients and new cases is stabilizing at a high level, according to figures published by Public Health France.

Thursday, there were 5,981 patients in "critical care" services (resuscitation, intensive care and continuous monitoring), against 5,959 Wednesday: 22 additional cases.

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More than 30,000 people hospitalized

In 24 hours, 478 patients were admitted to these services which treat the most serious cases, against 476 patients the day before.

For ten days, the number of patients in intensive care, very closely scrutinized, has been around this threshold of 5,900 / 6,000, still far from the peak of the first wave in April 2020 (around 7,000).

The total number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients is 30,634 patients identified Thursday against 30,954 Wednesday, or 320 fewer cases.

A total of 1,878 people have been hospitalized in the past 24 hours, against 2,095 the day before, according to the health agency.

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In terms of contamination, 34,318 new cases were recorded, against 34,968 the day before.

The positivity rate - percentage of people infected among those who are tested - remains unchanged at 9.9% (over the last seven days, consolidated at D-3).

Regarding deaths, 285 people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, for a total of 102,193 since the start of the epidemic (including 76,009 in hospital).

On the vaccination side, 13,526,306 people received at least one injection of vaccine and 5,200,790 both doses, according to the Directorate General of Health.