COVID. While more than 235,000 new coronavirus contaminations have been recorded in 24 hours, conventional hospitalizations with Covid-19 are still on the rise. On the other hand, a reflux of patients in critical care has been observed for more than a week.
19:57 – The Omicron variant is still largely dominant in France
According to the latest data from Public Health France (SpF), the Omicron variant is suspected of representing 99.1% of Covid-19 positive cases in France. This indicator corresponds to the proportion of screened tests that do not have the L452R mutation which, not present on Omicron, is present on Delta.
19:44 – More than 33,000 Covid-19 positive patients are hospitalized in France
This Tuesday, Public Health France recorded 3,060 new entries of people diagnosed positive for Covid-19, this Tuesday, against 3,917 seven days earlier. In total, 33,352 patients treated in hospitals are positive for Covid, against 32,894 seven days ago. On the other hand, the number of patients in critical care services is down with 3,555 patients on Tuesday, against 3,751 on Tuesday February 1. In the past 24 hours, 320 new entries have been recorded, compared to 454 a week ago.
The number of patients #Covid19 hospitalized in critical care has, overall, been on a downward trend for nearly a month (3,555 against nearly 4,000 during the peak in mid-January).
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— Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) February 8, 2022
7:25 p.m. – More than 235,000 new Covid-19 contaminations in 24 hours
The latest assessment of Covid-19 in France reports 235,267 new contaminations, Tuesday February 8. The figures communicated by Public Health France therefore show that the average of daily cases over seven days is decreasing: 211,716 new patients, Tuesday February 8 against 237,663 the day before. An indicator down 34% in one week. In addition, the incidence rate also went down. It falls below the symbolic threshold of 2,500 cases and now stands at 2,498 cases per 100,000 inhabitants after decreasing by 131 points in 24 hours.
19:07 – 500 children under the age of 17 were hospitalized as of February 4
Alain Fischer, Chairman of the Vaccine Strategy Orientation Council, told West France, on Friday, February 4 that “many children are sick and there is an increase in hospitalizations. 500 children under the age of 17 are hospitalized (as of February 4), of which 150 are between 5 and 11 years old. There are eighteen in critical care and five in intensive care. The risk of hospitalization is estimated at 1 in 1,750 cases.” This is why, on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Solidarity insisted on the fact that the vaccination of children should be accelerated.
18:46 – Increase in mortality in hospitals due to Covid-19
According to Public Health France, on average over the last seven days, there have been 287 hospital deaths due to Covid-19 each day, an increase of 11% in one week.
6:20 p.m. – The intensive care beds are 70% occupied by Covid-19 positive patients
According to Public Health France (SPF), 70.3% of intensive care beds were occupied by patients positive for Covid-19 as of February 7, 2022 in France.
6:00 p.m. – How many slots are left to get vaccinated against Covid-19?
On Doctolibthere are 584,347 slots left to get vaccinated against the coronavirus within 3 days, 1,164,408 within 7 days and 2,415,189 within 14 days.
17:31 – How many French people get vaccinated per day?
According to the latest data, a total of 199,682 injections of anti-Covid vaccine are carried out in France each day, including: 9,754 first doses, 42,576 second doses and 147,352 booster doses.
17:01 – 33,447 coronavirus positive people are hospitalized
As of February 7, there were 33,447 Covid-19 positive people on hospital beds – a figure up 3% from last week.
16:30 – 2,831 hospital admissions of Covid patients every day
According to the latest data, as of February 7, there are, on average over the last seven days, 2,831 Covid patients entering the hospital each day – a figure up 2% compared to last week.
16:25 – The Ministry of Health anticipates a “regain” of vaccination
This Tuesday, the Ministry of Health indicated, during its press briefing: “We anticipate a resurgence in the coming days”, where more people should come “to be vaccinated this week to meet the obligation, or miss the deadline and come to be vaccinated in the days following February 15”. “Everyone is on a war footing to meet demand”, with “appointments and doses available in sufficient quantities”, as well as vaccination centers and city professionals “mobilized”, assured the ministry. during this press briefing.
16:16 – The Ministry of Health also wants to speed up the vaccination of children
Also on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Solidarity insisted on the fact that the vaccination of children should also be accelerated, recalling that to date, only 4.4% of 5-11 year olds (257,000 ) had received at least one injection of the coronavirus vaccine in France. In addition to this low figure, the ministry recalled that, in certain cases, a Covid-19 infection led, in children, to PIMS (a potentially serious post-infectious pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome): “Between March 2, 2021 and on January 23, 2022, we had 932 cases of PIMS, including 849 in connection with the Covid”, underlined the ministry located at 14, avenue Duquesne in Paris, adding that a “very clear increase” had been observed at the end of 2021 Vaccination of 5-11 year olds “protects in particular against PIMS syndromes”, he recalled.
16:02 – 3,622 Covid patients are currently in critical care
Currently, there are, according to the latest data communicated by Public Health France (SPF), 3,622 people positive for Covid-19 in critical care services in France. This figure is down 2% from last week.
15:46 – The executive wants to push pregnant women towards vaccination
This Tuesday, February 8, the Ministry of Health and Solidarity announced that it was carrying a “health alert message to boost” vaccination in pregnant women, regretting that “we still see far too many pregnant women in intensive care”. Insisting on the fact that the still high number of pregnant women in intensive care was a “point of very great attention”, the ministry recalled several conclusions of international studies, according to which an unvaccinated pregnant woman has 22 times more risk of giving birth prematurely and 18 times more likely to go to intensive care than a vaccinated pregnant woman.
Here is the latest assessment of the coronavirus in France according to data updated daily by Public Health France and available on Data.gouv. Figures as of February 8, 2022:
The figures from Public Health France are to be qualified. A distinction must be made between patients hospitalized for Covid-19 and with Covid-19 (the figures currently given). The same goes for deaths: if, for example, Public Health France (SPF) reports 5,000 deaths of people positive for the coronavirus in France between December 1, 2021 and January 9, 2022, including 383 attributed to the Omicron variant, these figures are at observe with caution, indicates Release. Indeed, over the period from January 10 to 16 alone, 26% of patients positive for Covid-19 had been admitted for a pathology other than Sars-CoV-2. 13% of Covid-19 positive people admitted to critical care and 8% of positive people admitted to intensive care are in the same situation.
According to last epidemiological point from Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday February 3, “the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has slowed down on national territory with an incidence rate down by 8%” in week 04 (January 24-30). Yet “the pressure on hospitals remained strong with hospital indicators still at very high levels”.
Follow the evolution of the coronavirus in your municipality thanks to the map below. Click on a department to display the list of municipalities. Also find all the details on this mapping and the complete point by city and by department in our article on the Covid map in France.
Since mid-October 2020, Public Health France has been communicating incidence data (number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants) at municipal level. The figures are at this stage communicated according to a scale (10, 20, 50, 150, 250, 500, 1000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). The data is expressed over a rolling week, which means that it is calculated on a D-day from tests carried out between 3 and 9 days previously. To access information relating to the coronavirus in your municipality, enter its name in the search engine or click on its department in the map below.
As a reminder, the incidence rate corresponds to the number of new cases of Covid-19 over a period of one week, compared to the total population of a territory (country, region, department or municipality). This indicator is generally expressed as the number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The screening rate gives the number of people having carried out a screening test for the coronavirus out of the total number of inhabitants, during the period. It is also most often expressed per 100,000 inhabitants. Finally, the test positivity rate gives the percentage of positive tests for the coronavirus, compared to the total number of tests carried out over the period.