More than 330,000 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in France in the last 24 hours, figures from the health authorities show this Saturday, a level which remains historically high but confirms their recent trend of no longer progressing.

Since Friday, 332,398 new cases have been diagnosed in France, according to Public Health France.

This figure is slightly lower than a week earlier (389,320 seven days ago).

The average of cases over the last seven days, the most faithful witness of the real trend in recorded contaminations, stands at 345,391, a figure which has been declining slightly each day since the middle of the week.

178 deaths in hospital in the past 24 hours 

This therefore confirms that the number of cases is registering a plateau, if not a peak, even if it remains at levels never seen before the arrival at the end of 2021 of the particularly contagious Omicron variant.

Trends in hospitalizations and deaths, crucial for the management of the epidemic, remain stable compared to the last few days.

In the past 24 hours, 178 people diagnosed with Covid-19 died in hospital, a slight increase from a week earlier (167 died on January 22).

Overall hospitalizations continue to progress, with a total of 31,282 patients currently in hospital with a Covid diagnosis (compared to 28,515 seven days ago).

Decrease in Covid-19 cases in intensive care 

On the other hand, the decline, albeit slow, continues in critical care services, including intensive care units, which currently receive 3,634 Covid-19 patients (3,746 seven days earlier).

The Omicron variant causes less severe forms of Covid-19, which results in shorter hospital stays and a lower risk of going to intensive care.

Nearly 53.964 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine since the start of the vaccination campaign more than a year ago, i.e. 80% of the population, and 52.686 million have a complete vaccination schedule (78.1 % Population).               

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