CORONAVIRUS FIGURES. 249,448 new cases of coronavirus are recorded in France today. Fewer patients in intensive care but hospitalizations still on the rise. Positive cases, resuscitation, hospitalization, vaccination… Here is the balance sheet as of January 31, 2022.
[Mis à jour le 31 janvier 2022 à 10h03] “In week 03 [du 17 au 23 janvier 2022], the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 continues to increase at a very high level. The hospital tension, already high, is on the rise, but the pressure on the services of critical care decreases” according to epidemiological point of Public Health France of Thursday, January 27. “The number of hospitalizations, hospital admissions continues to increase fortunately with an exception for critical care, so the system is still in tension and those who tell you it’s over cuddle we can go are people who say what we want to hear […] It’s not based on any scientific data. commented Philippe Juvin, head of emergencies at the Georges Pompidou hospital in Paris on France info Sunday January 30. “We are still in a system that is extremely constrained. What worries me is the ability of the health system to hold up.” he warned. “We still have a hospital in pain, untreated people and the risk of the emergence of new variants […] which again would put everything in difficulty, in question” defended Philippe Juvin again. France recorded 249 448 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The Omicron variant, predominant throughout the country, replaces the Delta variant: in week 03, the suspicion of cases of the Omicron variant was “greater than 95% in all regions, with a minimum of 97% in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and a maximum of 99% in Ile-de-France“indicates Public Health France. The incidence rate reached 3639 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a very slight increase of 0.79% over the last 7 days. France deplores more than 130,000 dead since the start of the epidemic. Every day, Public Health France 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 31 2022.
What are today’s numbers?
| Total number of Covid cases (January 16, latest data available) | New cases of Covid over 24 hours (as of January 30) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of January 30) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of January 30) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 172 3841 | +249 448 | 31,536 | 3,641 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at January 16 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. At January 30, 249,448 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 30, 2022 | 31,536 | +9.36% | 71.98% |
How many cases in intensive care?
At January 30, 3,641 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 30, 2022 | 3,641 | -3.16% | 71.98% |
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 30, according to Ministry of Health, 53,971,777 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.1% of total population) and 52,697,194 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 78.2% of the total population). 35,374,417 people also received a booster dose. 19.7% of the French population is not vaccinated against Covid. As of January 25, 64.7% of those aged 18 and over had received a booster dose, 7.2% of children aged 10 to 11 had received a first dose of vaccine (2.4% for 5 to 9 year olds).
78.2% 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. 130,583 to January 30, 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.