The number of deaths and new cases announced Sunday back, as well as admissions to the hospital. Nearly 2,500 people are in resuscitation due to COVID-19.
Le Monde with AFP
The fifth wave of Covid-19 in France, carried by the Variant Delta and by its very contagious Omicron successor, is still refluxed, according to daily figures published by Public Health France (SPF), Sunday 27 February:
- 42,600 new cases have been identified during the day. With this number, the seven-day average, which gives an idea of the real evolution of the epidemic, declines at 57,500 cases, against 59 844 Saturday.
- 384 new admissions at the hospital were counted, against 712 the day before and 1 834 Tuesday.
- Resuscitation services count, on their side, fifty-nine admissions, against sixty-two the day before and 206 Tuesday.
- A total of 25,277 people infected with COVID-19 are currently hospitalized, including 2,491 in resuscitation.
More than 138,000 victims since the beginning of the epidemic
The Government has raised a passage below the threshold of the 1,500 critical care patients by mid-March among the criteria for lifting all or part of the vaccination pass in force for a month. Health Minister Olivier Véran also discussed contaminations below an incidence rate of 500 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 646 per 100,000 inhabitants in the latest figures available.
The human balance of the epidemic continues to increase, but at a lower pace than the previous days: there were fifty-two deaths in twenty-four hours at the hospital, compared with 93 the day before. Since the beginning of the epidemic more than two years ago, 138,135 victims have been identified in France.
Vaccination continues at a low pace. According to the figures of the Health Branch (DGS), 54.19 million French received at least one dose (80.4% of the population), 53.21 million are completely vaccinated (78.9% of the Total population), and 38.92 million received a recall dose.