The fourth epidemic wave is slowly receding. “We are on the right track,” said the Minister of Health. Daily update on the Covid epidemic in France, with figures from Public Health France and the Ministry of Health.
Contamination
This Saturday, September 25, 6,012 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France, a total of 6,989,623 cases confirmed since the start of the epidemic.
The test positivity rate fell to 1.3% (compared to 2.6% at the start of September).
Hospitalizations
According to the daily update of the health agency Public Health France, the number of hospitalized patients amounted to 7,980 against nearly 9,000 a week before and 11,000 at the beginning of September, with 196 admissions in 24 hours.
Among these patients, 1,571 are hospitalized in the intensive care units, reserved for the most serious cases, against 1,837 a week before and nearly 2,300 at the beginning of September.
Critical care services, which treat the most serious cases, have received 54 new patients in the past 24 hours.
Deaths
In 24 hours, 29 people died of Covid in hospital. The total death toll stands at 116,449 deaths since the start of the epidemic, including 89,634 in hospital.
The vaccination
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in France, 50,345,190 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 74.7% of the total population) and 48,247,475 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 71.6% of the total population).
