The tension on hospitals continues to increase in France, while 5,273 people are in intensive care units this Saturday, according to the latest data from Public Health France.

The number of hospitalizations also continues to increase.

Nearly 96,500 people have lost their lives to Covid since the start of the epidemic.

The key figures for the coronavirus epidemic were still on the rise on Saturday, with nearly 5,300 patients in intensive care, according to data from health authorities.

There were 5,273 people (against 5,254 on Friday) in intensive care units, which treat the most serious forms of the disease.

There were 399 new admissions in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France.

In total, France has this Saturday 96,493 deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic, or 187 more deaths in hospital in 24 hours.

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Nearly 29,000 patients in hospitals because of the Covid

In this area, the third wave of the epidemic passed the peak of the second on Monday, which was 4,903 patients in critical care services in mid-November.

The number of hospitalizations is still on the rise, with 28,886 patients treated for Covid-19, including 1,730 new admissions in 24 hours.

The seven-day figure, which smooths out the jolts, is also on the rise, with almost 13,500 admissions, including 3,074 in intensive care.

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Regarding contamination, the positivity rate, which measures the percentage of people positive for Covid-19 out of all those tested, stands at 7.9%.

According to health authorities, more than 9.2 million people have received at least one injection of a Covid-19 vaccine and more than 3 million people have received two doses.