While the number of new cases of Covid-19 has fallen in the past 24 hours, the number of hospitalizations has increased.
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The pressure due to the fifth wave of Covid-19 is still increasing on the hospital. Wednesday January 12, near 24,000 patients with this disease are hospitalized, including nearly 4,000 in critical care, according to figures published by Public Health France. The number of new confirmed cases stands at 361,719, a figure down slightly from the previous day’s record (368,149). However, this is 40,000 more than seven days ago.
By calculating the average of the daily contaminations over the last seven days, which makes it possible to smooth the gaps, the number of Covid-19 cases reached 287,603, against 198,200 a week ago.
Regarding hospitalizations, the figures continue to increase. French hospitals currently have 23,889 patients with Covid (against 23,371 on Tuesday), of whom 2,806 were admitted in 24 hours. A week ago, around 20,200 patients were hospitalized.
The number of patients is also on the rise in critical care admissions, which treat the most serious cases, especially in intensive care, with 3,985 patients (3,969 the day before and 3,665 a week ago), including 381 new admissions. . In 24 hours, 249 people were killed by the disease, bringing the total number of deaths to 126,305 since the start of the epidemic.
Regarding vaccination, 53.4 million people have received at least one injection (79.2% of the total population) and more than 52 million are fully vaccinated (77.3% of the population). At the same time, nearly 29.4 million people received a booster dose.