COVID. While less than 100,000 new coronavirus contaminations have been recorded in 24 hours in France, the health situation in hospitals continues to improve slowly with less than 30,000 patients hospitalized with a Covid-19 infection. Figures that corroborate the projections of the Pasteur Institute claiming that a sharp decrease in hospital admissions should occur in the next two weeks.
19:43 – The seven-day average of daily Covid-19 cases falls below the threshold of 100,000 contaminations
The latest assessment of Covid-19 in France reports 92,345 new contaminations, Thursday February 17. The figures communicated by Public Health France therefore show that the number of new cases has fallen since the day before (- 6,390), and the average of daily cases over seven days is also decreasing: 99,480 new patients, Thursday February 17 against 108,148 the day before. Also, the incidence rate has gone down. It is now 1,202 cases per 100,000 inhabitants after decreasing by 165 points in 24 hours.
18:49 – Nearly 30% of pregnant women are not vaccinated against Covid-19
29.8% of pregnant women had not received any dose of vaccine against Covid-19, according to a survey published Thursday, February 17, by the Ministry of Health. “A figure that is too high in view of the risks because a pregnant woman infected with the coronavirus is 22 times more likely to give birth prematurely, 8 times more likely to end up in intensive care and 5 times more likely that the child will go to resuscitation”, indicated the Ministry of Health, Tuesday, February 16. On January 6, the rate of pregnant women who had not received two doses reached 39.4%.
18:21 – The incidence rate continues to drop in Île-de-France
The incidence rate is 1,367 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in France, according to Public Health France, Wednesday February 16. The indicator is down in all French departments, including in particular in Île-de-France, the department of Loiret, Eure and Eure-et-Loir, which are the least affected by Covid-19 traffic.
6:00 p.m. – 3,714 Covid-positive people hospitalized in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region remains, like Île-de-France, strongly affected by the coronavirus epidemic, despite a drop in the number of hospitalized Covid patients. As of February 16, there were 3,714 people positive for Sars-CoV-2 in conventional hospitalization, including 285 additional over the last 24 hours. 365 Covid patients were in intensive care there (+32 in 24 hours) and the region had 29 additional Covid deaths in one day.
5:29 p.m. – Ile-de-France: still 6,145 Covid patients hospitalized
Although the number of coronavirus-positive people hospitalized in Île-de-France has been falling for several days, it remains at high levels. As of February 16, according to the latest data, 6,145 Covid patients were in conventional hospitalization – 236 more than the day before. 672 were in intensive care (+22 in 24 hours). The region deplored 44 additional deaths due to Covid on this date.
17:16 – The Moderna vaccine soon to be authorized for 6-11 year olds?
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), has announced that it will decide next week whether to vaccinate children aged 6 to 11 with Moderna’s Covid vaccine. As a reminder, for the time being, only the Pfizer vaccine can be administered to them.
5:00 p.m. – How many French people already have their Covid-19 vaccine booster?
As of February 16, 38,187,820 people had received a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine in France, according to the Ministry of Health and Solidarity. This represents more than 55% of the total population. 157,711 booster doses were injected on February 16 alone.
16:33 – How many people are vaccinated against coronavirus in France?
According to the Ministry of Health and Solidarity, 54,176,336 people received at least one injection of coronavirus vaccine in France as of February 16, i.e. 80.4% of the total population. 13,406 first doses were injected on February 16 alone. In addition, 53,110,247 people had, on this date, a complete vaccination schedule, i.e. 78.8% of the total population.
16:01 – Moderna’s vaccine specific to Omicron could be available as early as next August
Although it is not yet known whether or not a vaccine specific to the Omicron variant will be necessary, the American biotechnology company has indicated to the Reuters agency this Thursday that its vaccine could be ready by August 2022. The company is currently still in the process of gathering the clinical data which will make it possible to know if this booster is more effective than a conventional dose against Omicron.
15:31 – The number of tests carried out is decreasing
In one communicated published on Tuesday, the Department of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (Drees) underlines a “decline in the number of RT-PCR, antigenic and saliva tests carried out between February 7 and 13”, with a drop all the same, particularly marked among those under 66 years of age. Indeed, over this period, 4,572,000 Covid-19 screening tests were carried out, compared to 6,999,000 the previous week, a decrease of 35%. As a reminder, since January 10 (2 million tests carried out in one day), the number of validated tests (PCR and antigens combined) has fallen sharply.
In detail, according to the DREES, “the drop is particularly marked among those under 66. Compared to the previous week, the variations in volumes are: -741,000 tests for those under 16 (-46 %), -373,000 tests for 16-25 year olds (-37%), -540,000 tests for 26-40 year olds (-33%), -628,000 tests for 41-65 year olds (-31%) , -78,000 tests for those aged 66-75 (-19%), -64,000 tests for those over 75 (-17%)”.
14:59 – 84.4% of Bretons are vaccinated against the coronavirus
Which regions of France are the best vaccinated against Covid-19 to date? Brittany, with 84.4% of its population having received at least one dose of anti-Covid vaccine, comes first in this ranking. Then come the Pays de la Loire (82.5% of its population vaccinated), Normandy (82.4%) and New Aquitaine (82.1%).
2:44 p.m. – The end of the indoor mask conditioned at the threshold of 1,500 patients in critical care
This Thursday, while he was traveling to Nice, the Minister of Health and Solidarity, Olivier Véran, announced that the end of wearing a mask indoors in places not subject to the pass (companies, schools, transport ) will be subject to the threshold of 1,500 critical care patients. As a reminder, 3,126 Covid patients are still in critical care this Thursday.
14:29 – How many French people are vaccinated against Covid-19 every day?
Every day, on average over the last seven days, 184,004 injections of coronavirus vaccines are carried out in France, including: 7,986 first doses, 37,812 second doses and 138,207 booster doses.
14:23 – The 4th dose is still not scheduled
The European Medicines Agency announced on Thursday February 17 that “there is still not enough evidence to recommend a second booster”. The European regulator wants to “see how effective current vaccines are over time and how the Omicron wave continues to unfold”.
14:01 – How many appointments to get vaccinated are still available in Île-de-France?
How many slots for getting vaccinated against the coronavirus are available in Île-de-France? According to Doctolib, there are 121,071 slots available within three days, 287,953 within seven days and 530,646 within 14 days.
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 17, 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 of Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday February 10, “the slowdown in the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed on the territory and has been accompanied by a drop in new hospital admissions” in week 05 (January 31-February 6). Yet “the indicators remained high”.
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.