The number of new confirmed cases stands at 361,719, a few thousand less than the day before (368,149), but 40,000 more than seven days earlier.
By calculating the average of daily contaminations over the last seven days, which makes it possible to smooth the gaps, the number of Covid cases reached 287,603, against 198,200 a week ago.
French hospitals currently have 23,889 patients with Covid (against 23,371 on Tuesday), of whom 2,806 were admitted in 24 hours.
A week ago, around 20,200 Covid patients were hospitalized.
The number of patients also continues to increase in critical care, which treat the most serious cases, especially in intensive care, with 3,985 patients (3,969 the day before and 3,665 a week ago), including 381 new admissions.
Covid-19: situation in AFP hospitals
In 24 hours, 249 people were killed by the disease, bringing the total number of deaths to 126,305 since the start of the epidemic.
The infections have increased dramatically under the pressure of the variant Omicron, which is extremely contagious.
But it turns out to be less dangerous than the previous variants of the virus and Covid patients infected with Omicron stay in hospital for less time than patients infected with Delta, according to the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
Regarding vaccination, 53.4 million people have received at least one injection (79.2% of the total population) and more than 52 million are fully vaccinated (77.3% of the population).
Coronavirus: the situation in France Simon MALFATTO AFP
At the same time, nearly 29.4 million people received a booster dose.
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