Covid-19: the number of cases goes back above 100,000 on average over 7 days

The figures published this Wednesday evening by the Public Health France agency bring the daily average smoothed over a week of Covid-19 cases recorded in France to 104,176. The average number of positive cases for Covid-19 over a week has returned to above the 100,000 mark on Wednesday while hospitalizations are only falling very slightly, according to figures released by health authorities. The number of new cases identified on Tuesday is 145,560, against 108,832 seven days earlier, according to Public Health France. The seven-day average, which smooths out the daily jolts, amounts to 104,176 cases against 98,928 on Tuesday and 74,912 last Wednesday. The decline continues in the hospital. At the same time, the number of Covid patients in critical care, an indicator very scrutinized, continues to decrease very slightly, with 1,564 people in intensive care units, against 1,604 the day before and 1,728 last Wednesday. Hospitals are welcoming a total of 20,653 Covid patients (including 1,373 new patients), compared to 20,742 on Tuesday and 20,757 patients on March 16. In the past 24 hours, 101 deaths have been recorded, and 141,319 people have died since the start of the pandemic there. is more than two years in hospital, retirement home or other medico-social establishments due to infection with Covid-19. On the vaccination side, a total of 54.24 million people received at least an injection (80.4% of the total population), according to the General Directorate of Health, and 53.32 million have a complete vaccination schedule (79.1%).