Covid-19: still more than 2,000 patients in critical care – Orange news

AFP, published on Sunday 22 August 2021 at 20:40

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in critical care services is still above 2,000 patients, according to data released Sunday by health authorities.

With 103 people placed in intensive care in the last 24 hours (165 Saturday), critical care services are welcoming 2,128 patients on Sunday (2,106 Saturday).

This indicator, closely scrutinized by health authorities, had fallen below the 1,000 patient mark on July 7.

The number of hospitalizations is still high with 10,651 patients (10,463 Saturday), including 542 in 24 hours (120 for Martinique alone).

In the past 24 hours, 17,300 people (22,636 recorded the day before) have tested positive for Covid-19. The test positivity rate is 3.2%, like the day before.

With 44 deaths in 24 hours, the number of deaths now stands at 113,372 since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic.

For nearly a month, the curve of hospitalizations linked to Covid has continued to rise and raises questions around the start of the school year. A vaccination campaign through middle and high schools will begin at the start of the school year for students over 12 who wish, announced Sunday the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer in an interview with the JDD.

For Overseas France, the situation is worrying. Schools, colleges and high schools will close “from Monday” in French Polynesia due to the outbreak of Covid-19, as part of a tightening of containment planned for two weeks.

Martinique, under strict containment, is experiencing a “relative stabilization” of the epidemic but at a “very high” level and the director of the regional health agency of the island Jérôme Viguier told AFP on Saturday: ” We’re still going to need reinforcements. “

For vaccination in France, since the start of the campaign, 47,484. 044 people received at least one injection (i.e. 70.4% of the total population) and 41,281,899 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (i.e. 61.2% of the total population).