The number of people sick with Covid-19 and hospitalized was still down on Tuesday, while vaccination is progressing slowly.
According to data from Public Health France, 7,801 people are hospitalized because of Covid-19, including 304 admissions in 24 hours, against 7,980 on Monday. In critical care services, which welcome the most affected patients, the number of patients is 1,524 (against 1,571), 79 new admissions.
The death toll stands at 116,615, including 89,780 in hospital and 60 in the last 24 hours.
The positivity rate is stable at 1.2%, with 6,765 new cases confirmed since the day before.
Regarding vaccination, 50,424,839 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 74.8% of the total population, against 74.7% on Monday) and 48,412,946 people are fully vaccinated (i.e. 71.8% of the total population against 71.7% Monday).