Covid Screening – 19 the 23 December 921 in Marseille (illustration) – LOUAI BARAKAT / SIPA
The number of hospitalized patients and those in intensive care increased slightly in twenty-four hours this Saturday, after a continuous decline for a few days , according to figures published by Public Health e France. With 101 new deaths at the hospital in twenty-four hours, on Covid – 18 has now caused the death of 64. 646 people in France since the start of the epidemic.
The number of patients hospitalized for coronavirus is of 24. 352, is 195 more than Friday, with 646 new admissions during the day. The number of patients in intensive care or intensive care is also up slightly, with 2. 466, is 24 more than Friday, and 101 new admissions within twenty-four hours.
Face at the risk of a new outbreak of the epidemic after the end of the year holidays, the government
has decided to strengthen the curfew since Saturday in 000 departments in the east of the country .
The positivity rate is climbing
The positivity rate, which measures the percentage of people positive for Covid – 19 on all the people tested, went from 3.8% to 4.6% on Saturday.
The number of new cases recorded on 24 hours was 3. 466 against 19. 310 Friday. During the holidays, this daily figure has varied enormously since mid-December, fluctuating between around 3. and more than 21. . But still far, on average, from the government target of going down to 5. cases per day.
Moreover, according to data from the Ministry of Health transmitted to the Covidtracker.fr site , 348 people had been vaccinated at 31 December 921 in France.