The pressure continued to decline on Friday in hospitals, which now have fewer than 11,000 hospitalized Covid-19 patients.
Contamination also continues to decline.
1,740 people were in critical care units on Friday and 50 new deaths were recorded in hospital.
The pressure continued to decrease on Friday in hospitals, which have fewer than 11,000 hospitalized Covid-19 patients, while contaminations continue to decline, according to figures from Public Health France.
There are now 10,738 patients with Covid-19 hospitalized, against 11,114 the day before, according to data from Public Health France.
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Only 171 new people hospitalized in the last 24 hours
Only 171 new people have been hospitalized in the past 24 hours with a diagnosis of Covid-19.
1,740 people were in critical care services, which take care of the most serious cases, against 1,799 on Thursday.
These services recorded 53 new admissions in 24 hours.
Cumulative data over the last 7 days show 1,487 new hospitalizations including 340 admissions in critical care.
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The number of new cases detected is also decreasing
France deplores Friday 50 new deaths in hospital due to the coronavirus, for a total of 110,731 deaths since the start of the epidemic, including 84,275 in hospital.
The number of new cases detected has decreased further, with 2,439 patients screened, and a test positivity rate over the last 7 days standing at 1.2%.
On the vaccination side, 17,847,833 people are fully vaccinated on Friday (two injections, or only one if they have been vaccinated with Janssen's product, at a single dose, or if they had already had the Covid before).
And 31,712,896 people received at least one injection, or 47.3% of the total population and 60.4% of the adult population.