Covid France figures: April 12, +25,492 cases, hospitalizations

[Mis à jour le 12 avril 2022 à 12h00] The virus of SARS-CoV-2responsible for the global Covid pandemic, continues its circulation with 25,492 new cases counted in 24 hours (very low figure like every Tuesday). The resumption of the epidemic observed in recent days slows down. Hospitalizations are still up slightly to +6% but critical care admissions stabilize (+3%). the incidence rate is now down 3.6% at 1399 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Every day, Public Health France presents a dashboard key epidemic monitoring indicators: confirmed cases, death, hospitalizationsadmissions in intensive care or critical care, contaminationdigits of the vaccination… To which are added the data published by the government. here is the review of the latest figures, as of Tuesday April 12, 2022.

What are today’s Covid figures?

How many Covid cases today?

In France, at tuesday april 12 2022according to’Johns Hopkins University, 27.16 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. At April 11, 25,492 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.

How many cases in intensive care?

The number of new hospitalizations and critical care admissions continues to decline. At April 11, 1,589 Covid patients are in intensive care according to the Dashboard of the government.

How many French people are vaccinated against Covid?

Vaccination against Covid-19 continues to continue in France. At April 11according to Ministry of Health, 54 288 488 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.5% of total population) and 53,379,802 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 79.2% of total population) and 40,477,092 people received a booster dose. As of March 29, 19.2% of the French population is not vaccinated against Covid. At April 4, 2022, 73.3% of those aged 18 and over and 83.3% of those aged 65 and over had received a complete primary vaccination and a booster dose.

79.2% of the French population is fully vaccinated and 19.2% 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. 143,466 to April 11, 2022. Covid deaths outside these structures are not recorded in real time. “Approximately 18,000 deaths have occurred since December 15, 2021, emphasizes the Scientific Council in its Notice from March 11, a significant part of which is linked to Omicron variants, so-called mild variants), and this, with a certain form of trivialization and indifference.”

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.

What is the number of Covid deaths worldwide?

Nearly 150,000 French people have died from Covid in France. How many globally? According to ECDC figures (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control) reported by Public Health France, as of April 8, 2022, Covid-19 has killed more than 6 million people worldwide: