While the government has acted on the shift to a fourth coronavirus wave, in the context of a push for the Delta variant, here is the daily update on the epidemic in France, with figures from France’s Public Health and the Ministry of Health. . .
This Monday, August 2, 5,184 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France, a total of 6,151,803 confirmed cases since the beginning of the epidemic.
The positivity rate, which measures the number of positive cases compared to the number of people tested, is 4.2%.
Hospitals counted 7,840 Covid-19 patients on Monday (7,409 on Saturday) with 259 new admissions in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France. Of these patients, 1,232 are treated in intensive care services (against 1,137 on Sunday and 952 a week ago).
51 people have died from Covid-19 in hospitals in the last 24 hours. The total balance shows 111,967 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic, including 85,453 in the hospital.
As of Monday, 42,533,100 people had received at least one injection (almost 63.5% of the total population). 35,481,539 people had a full vaccination schedule on Saturday (almost 53% of the total population).