A nurse in an intensive care unit in a private hospital in Antony. – AFP
The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care continues to decline slowly, as does that of all hospitalized patients,
according to figures from Public Health France published this Thursday.
On Thursday, critical care services (which bring together resuscitation, intensive care and continuous monitoring) received 5,231 patients, against 5,402 on Wednesday. Seven days ago, 5,804 patients occupied the beds of these departments.
More than 105,000 dead since the start of the epidemic
This indicator, monitored very closely by the health authorities, is slowly moving away from the bar of 6,000 patients exceeded on April 26, and from the alarming peak of the first wave of spring 2020 (about 7,000 patients). In 24 hours, 273 new patients with severe forms of Covid were admitted to intensive care units, against 312 the day before.
Same downward trend across all hospitalizations, with a total of Covid patients amounting to 26,985 (27,686 Wednesday). A week ago, hospitals welcomed nearly 30,000 coronavirus patients. The disease killed 222 people in 24 hours (245 the day before), bringing the death toll to more than 105,800 since the start of the epidemic in spring 2020. The figures for new contaminations and vaccinations were not yet available.