According to the latest report published by Public Health France, hospitals in France currently accommodate 19,701 patients with Covid-19, including 260 admitted in the past 24 hours.
A figure that continues to fall and fell below 20,000 on Saturday, for the first time since October 27.
The number of Covid-19 patients in French hospitals continues to slowly decline, including in intensive care units, according to data released on Monday by Public Health France (SpF).
Hospitals in France are currently receiving 19,701 Covid-19 patients (against 19,720 the day before), including 260 admitted in the last 24 hours.
This figure fell below 20,000 on Saturday, for the first time since October 27.
In the critical care wards, which house the most seriously ill patients, there were 3,496 patients (compared to 3,515 the day before), including 66 recently admitted (73 the day before).
This figure had remained around 5,900 to 6,000 during the second half of April, the peak of the third wave, before falling sharply since early May.
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Over seven days, SpF reports 4,018 hospital admissions, including 994 in critical care units.
62 people have died of this disease in hospital in the past 24 hours (70 according to data published on Sunday), the total death toll reaching 108,687 deaths since the start of the epidemic, in early 2020.
2229 positive cases in the last 24 hours
In terms of contamination, 2,229 positive cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours, for a test positivity rate (number of positive people, compared to the total number of people tested) down to 3.6%, against 3.8% on Sunday .
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Regarding vaccination, 23,335,997 people received a first injection since the start of the vaccination campaign, at the very end of December, and 9,738,741 two injections, according to the Directorate General of Health.
The government is targeting 30 million first injections by mid-June.
After six months of closure and a winter marred by the murderous Covid, France has regained some of its leisure activities (terraces, cinema, opening of all stores), with the lifting of some of the restrictions a few days ago.