CORONAVIRUS FIGURES. 464,769 new cases of coronavirus were recorded on January 18, 2022, a new record. 26,526 patients are hospitalized, an increase of more than 13% over the last 7 days. New positive cases, patients in intensive care, hospitalization, vaccination… Here are the latest figures.
[Mis à jour le 19 janvier 2022 à 10h53] France in the midst of the fifth wave today reports 464,769 new cases, a new record, according to latest figures published by Santé Publique France. The balance sheet shows a incidence rate which is currently reaching 3063 cases of Covid/100,000 inhabitants, up by 7.86% in 7 days. The variant Omicron, highly contagious, is now majority, as indicated Public health France in its last epidemiological point. 26,526 patients are hospitalized, an increase of more than 13% over the last 7 days. The number of patients in critical care is 2% drop, currently 3881 people are in intensive care. On the vaccination side, 77.6% of the French population is fully vaccinated. Every day, the health agency presents a dashboard key epidemic monitoring indicators: confirmed cases, death, hospitalizations, admissions 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 January 18 2022.
What are today’s numbers?
| Total number of Covid cases (January 16) | New cases of Covid over 24 hours (as of January 18) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of January 18) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of January 18) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 172 3841 | +464 769 | 26,526 | 3,881 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at 16 January 2022, according to Dashboard of the government, 14.1 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. As of January 18, 464,769 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 January 18, 2022 | 26,526 | +13.50% | 76.73% |
How many cases in intensive care?
As of January 18, 3 881 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 January 18, 2022 | 3,881 | -2.22% | 76.73% |
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 January 18, according to Ministry of Health, 53,649,830 people received at least one injection (i.e. 79.6 % of total population) and 52,329,034 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 77.6% of the total population). 32,421,168 people also received a booster dose. 20.1% of the French population is not vaccinated against Covid. January 17, 90.6% of the population aged 12 and over had a complete vaccination schedule.
What are the Covid figures for vaccinated and unvaccinated?
77.6% of the French population is fully vaccinated and 20.1% is unvaccinated (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. 127,638 as of January 18, 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’INED, 68,000 deaths are attributable to the Covid epidemic in 2020.