CORONAVIRUS FIGURES. The Covid epidemic is decreasing: 46,001 cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, a figure which will certainly be caught up tomorrow. However, the pressure on the hospital remains very high. Positive cases, hospitalization, vaccination, resuscitation… Balance sheet in figures as of February 8.
[Mis à jour le 8 février 2022 à 10h18] The circulation of the coronavirus continues in France but with 46,001 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, a very low figure, like every Tuesday because of a catch-up. The hospitalizations are up slightly by around 3% while the number of patients in critical care continues to decline slightly (-2%). “In week 4 (January 24 to 30), the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has slowed down on national territory with a rate ofincidence down 8%. This indicator nevertheless continued to increase among those aged 70 and over and remained at a very high level (over 3,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) in the majority of regions. The pressure on hospitals remained strong with hospital indicators still at very high levels and the number of deaths of COVID-19 patients mainly in the over 65s, continued to rise” according to epidemiological point of Public Health France of February 3. “The worst is behind us” estimated Olivier Véran concerning the evolution of the epidemic, on BFM TV, February 2. “Our hospital resisted despite the waves and variants“ indicated Gabriel Attal during the Council of Ministers on February 2. “The epidemic remains particularly strong and the BA.2 variant prompts us to be cautious. That’s right hospital situation which is the compass of our decisions“continued the government spokesperson. Every day, Santé Publique 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 8 2022.
What are today’s numbers?
| Total number of Covid cases (February 8) | New cases of Covid over 24 hours (as of February 7) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of February 7) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of February 7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20,938,263 | +46 001 | 33,447 | 3,622 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at February 8 2022, according toJohns Hopkins University, 20.9 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. At February 7, 46,001 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 7 2022 | 33,447 | +3.31% | 71.61% |
How many cases in intensive care?
At February 7, 3,622 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 7, 2022 | 3,622 | -2.11% | 71.61% |
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 7according to Ministry of Health, 54 101 360 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.2% of total population) and 52,926,729 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 78.5 % of total population). 36,727,723 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. 132,923 to February 7, 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.