more than 309,000 daily cases recorded on average over the past seven days, a number never reached since the start of the epidemic

A new weekly contamination record. France has registered 464,769 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to figures published by Public Health France, Tuesday January 18. The largest count recorded so far, which dates from Monday January 10, reported 368,000 new cases. This means that 309,433 cases have been recorded, on average, each day over the past seven days, a number not reached since the start of the pandemic.

The critical care services, which receive the most serious cases, had 3,894 Covid patients on Tuesday (including 366 new admissions), against 3,913 the day before and 3,969 the previous Tuesday. The total number of hospitalized patients reached 26,593, of whom 3,503 were admitted in 24 hours. The previous Tuesday, 23,371 people were hospitalized.

In the field of vaccination, more than 53.6 million people have received at least one injection (79.6% of the total population) and more than 52.3 million now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 77.6% of the total population). Some 32.4 million people received a booster dose.