The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care remains stable, at just under 6,000 this Friday, April 23, 2021. – Frederic DIDES / SIPA
The long-awaited decline is not yet here, but there is something better. This Friday, the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care remained stable, but fell below 6,000. A slight decrease recorded compared to the day before, according to figures published by Public Health France.
More specifically, there were 5,962 patients “in critical care” (resuscitation, intensive care and continuous monitoring), 19 less than Thursday. They numbered 5,959 on Wednesday. In 24 hours, 436 patients were admitted to the wards treating the most serious cases against 478 the day before.
A decrease in hospitalizations
For ten days, the number of patients in intensive care, highly scrutinized, has been close to 6,000, still far from the peak of the first wave in April 2020 (around 7,000). The total number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients is 30,438 against 30,634 patients identified on Thursday, or 196 fewer cases. 1,932 people have been hospitalized in the past 24 hours against 1,878 the day before.
In terms of contamination, 32,340 new cases were listed against 34,318 the day before. The positivity rate – percentage of people infected among those who are tested – stands at 10% (over the last seven days, consolidated at D-3) against 9.9% Thursday.
309 new deaths
The number of new deaths recorded this Friday in hospitals is 309, bringing to 102,525 the number of deaths since the start of the epidemic, including 76,314 in hospital, according to the health agency.
Regarding vaccination, 13,811,101 people received at least one vaccine injection and 5,385,052 both doses, according to the Directorate General of Health (DGS).