Contaminations continue their downward trend. The daily update on the Covid epidemic in France for this day of Sunday, October 17, with figures from Public Health France and the Ministry of Health.
CONTAMINATIONS
This Sunday, October 17, 3,778 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in twenty-four hours, according to figures from Public Health France, a total of 7,089,052 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 is increasing slightly. Today, 6.448 people were hospitalized (including 1,052 people in intensive care).
DEATHS
In twenty-four hours, 5 people succumbed to Covid in hospital. The total death toll stands at 117,265 dead since the start of the epidemic, including 90,401 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).
