CORONAVIRUS FIGURES. The coronavirus outbreak continues with 235,267 new cases recorded. But the incidence rate is down by almost 30%. “The health improvement is confirmed” declared Gabriel Attal on Wednesday February 9. Cases, hospitalizations, vaccination, deaths.. Assessment as of February 9.
[Mis à jour le 9 février 2022 à 16h19] The circulation of the coronavirus continues in France with 235,267 new cases registered in the last 24 hours. “This week marks a very marked improvement in the health situation,“ rejoiced Gabriel Attal, during the report of the Council of Ministers, Wednesday, February 9. “If the virus is still very present, his circulation decreases very strongly in recent days. Number of cases detected is down more than 35% over 7 days. the incidence rate fell below 2,500 per 100,000 inhabitants, nearly 30% lower over a week […]. The epidemic and the contaminations are receding markedly and everywhere. […] The frank decline, we are there” said the government spokesman again. “However, let us beware of boasting because the balance remains fragile. The virus has the ability to reinvent itself and the hospital remains under tension. The number of patients in critical care remains high” nuanced Gabriel Attal. “Regarding conventional hospitalizations, their number continues to increase over a week. But this less and less rapid increase gives us reason to hope. The health improvement is confirmed and the exit from the acute phase of the crisis continues.” he finally added. As of February 8, 78.5% of the total population now has a complete vaccination schedule. Every day, Public Health France presents a dashboard key epidemic monitoring indicators: confirmed cases, death, hospitalizationsadmissions in intensive care or critical care, vaccination figures… To which are added the data published by the government. here is the last balance sheet as of February 9 2022.
What are today’s numbers?
| Total number of Covid cases (February 9) | New cases of Covid over 24 hours (as of February 8) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of February 8) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of February 8) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21,176,514 | +235 267 | 33,352 | 3,555 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at February 9 2022, according toJohns Hopkins University, 21.1 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. At February 8, 235,267 new people tested positive during the last 24 hours.
What are the hospitalization figures?
The hospital data is based on data on emergency visits from the OSCOUR network and hospitalizations in conventional care and critical care reported by health establishments. Below are the figures released by the Dashboard government and Public Health France.
Hospitalized Covid patients | Evolution over the last 7 days | Critical care bed occupancy rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
As of February 8 2022 | 33,352 | +1.39% | 70.28% |
How many cases in intensive care?
At February 8, 3,555 Covid patients are in intensive care according to the Dashboard of the government.
| Covid patients in critical care | Evolution over the last 7 days | Occupancy rate of critical care beds by Covid patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| As of February 8, 2022 | 3,555 | -5.23% | 70.28% |
How many French people are vaccinated against Covid?
Vaccination against Covid-19 continues to continue in France with vaccines Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen. At February 8according to Ministry of Health, 54,115,672 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.3% of total population) and 52,952,135 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 78.5 % of total population). 36 909 308 people have also received a booster dose. 19.7% of the French population is not vaccinated against Covid. At February 1, 81.4% of people aged 65 and over had received a booster vaccination. This proportion was only 73.2% among those aged 80 and over.
78.5% of the French population is fully vaccinated and 19.7% is not vaccinated (the others having a still incomplete vaccination schedule). Twice a month, the Data-gouv.fr site publishes the distribution of positive Covid cases according to the person’s vaccination. “This delay is necessary for the vaccination to be considered complete and effective (at +7 days) and for the data on the tests to be consolidated” specifies the site. These indicators reflect the number of positive RT-PCR tests per 100,000 vaccinated or unvaccinated people aged 20 and over.
How many Covid deaths in France?
Government and Public Health France sites report Covid deaths in hospitals and in social and medico-social establishments, i.e. 133,614 to February 8, 2022. Covid deaths outside these structures are not recorded in real time.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, theInsee recorded a “exceptional mortality in 2020” with almost 669,000 deaths from all causes, i.e. 56,000 more deaths than in 2019 (+9%).
According to’INED68,000 deaths are attributable to the Covid epidemic in 2020.