Contamination and hospitalizations continue their downward trend. The daily update on the Covid epidemic in France for this day of Saturday, October 16, with figures from Public Health France and the Ministry of Health.
CONTAMINATIONS
This Saturday, October 16, 4,899 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in twenty-four hours, according to figures from Public Health France, a total of 7,085,274 cases confirmed since the start of the epidemic.
The test positivity rate rose to 1.1%.
HOSPITALIZATIONS
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in France continues to decrease. Today, 6.437 people were hospitalized (including 1,076 people in intensive care).
DEATHS
In twenty-four hours, 15 people succumbed to Covid in hospital. The total death toll stands at 117,260 dead since the start of the epidemic, including 90,396 in hospital.
THE VACCINATION
Since the start of the vaccination campaign, 50,780,417 people had received at least one dose of vaccine (i.e. 75.8% of the total population) on Friday, and 49,424,118 people had a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 73.8% of the total population).