Covid France today, 6,654 infections and 58 deaths: June 5 bulletin

In the last 24 hours, 6,654 new coronavirus cases and 58 deaths have been recorded in France. The data released by the health authorities also underline the drop in the number of patients in intensive care which today stands at 2,525, against 2,571 yesterday and 3,028 last Saturday. In the last 24 hours there have been 62 ICU admissions, bringing the weekly average to 97, dropping below the 100 mark for the first time since 23 September, Le Parisien points out. At the moment there are 14,532 covid patients in French hospitals, up from 14,801 yesterday and 16,847 last Saturday. As for vaccinations, over 27.8 million people have received at least one dose, equivalent to 53% of the adult population. In addition, 12.2 million also received the second dose, equal to 23.3% of the adult population.