Coronavirus: The pressure on the hospital continues to drop – Marin Driguez
The good trend continues. According to data published this Thursday by Public Health France, the pressure on the hospital continues to decrease. Indeed, the number of people currently in critical care, who are treating the most serious cases, is 2,245 against 2,326 patients on Wednesday.
This figure is the lowest since October 22. In all, 74 people were admitted to critical care within 24 hours. The health agency listed 13,090 people hospitalized against 13,526 the day before, with 297 new admissions.
The benefits of vaccination
The outbreak has killed 68 people in the past twenty-four hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 83,870 in hospital and 110,299 in total since the outbreak began in March 2020.
The number of contaminations stands at 4,475 confirmed cases since the day before. The positivity rate over the last seven days, the percentage of the number of people who tested positive out of the total number of people tested, was at 2.1% against 2.3% on Wednesday and 3.1% just a week ago. .
This decrease is in particular due to the acceleration of vaccination. Since the start of the campaign in France, 29.5 million people have received at least one injection and 13.4 million have received both. This represents respectively 56.1% and 25.5% of the adult population.
The government’s goal of 30 million first-time vaccines (57% of the adult population) should thus be reached before the deadline of June 15. In all, nearly 15 million people have complete vaccination schedule, Specifies the Ministry of Health.