A caregiver in a hospital in Grasse, January 22. – Frederic DIDES / SIPA
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care dropped back below 6,000 on Tuesday, a level around which it has been evolving for 15 days,
according to figures published by Public Health France.
Critical care services (which bring together resuscitation, intensive care and continuous monitoring) numbered 5,943 people, including 484 new patients admitted in the last 24 hours.
More than 30,000 hospitalized patients
Since April 12, the number of Covid-19 patients has been close to 6,000 patients. A figure below the peak of the first wave in April 2020 (around 7,000) but higher than that of the second wave in the fall (4,900).
338 Covid patients have died in hospital in the past 24 hours. The total number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized was 30,281 on Tuesday against 30,596 on Monday. In the last 24 hours, 2,109 people have been hospitalized against 1,944 in the previous 24 hours.