Faced with a fourth wave in a Delta variant context, the number of hospitalized patients continues to increase. Here is the daily update on the epidemic in France, with figures from the French Public Health and the Ministry of Health.
This Saturday, August 14, 24,427 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France, a total of 6,449,863 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 3.8%.
The number of Covid patients in the hospital is now 9,465 patients compared to 9,546 the day before.
Among these patients, 1,807 patients are treated in intensive care services (including 62 admissions in 24 hours).
51 people have succumbed to Covid-19 in hospitals in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of victims of this epidemic in France to 112,658 deaths, including 86,117 in the hospital.
As of Friday, August 13, 46,109,683 people had received at least one injection, or almost 68.4% of the total population, and 38,800,712 people had a complete vaccination schedule, or almost 57.5% of the total population. 68.2% of the adult population is fully vaccinated.
