CORONAVIRUS FIGURES OF THE DAY. 24,179 new cases of coronavirus are recorded in 24 hours. Contaminations are on the rise and Professor Rémi Salomon is warning of the return of Covid-19. Positive cases, incidence rate, epidemic, vaccination, hospitalization, resuscitation. Figures as of March 22, 2022.
[Mis à jour le 22 mars 2022 à 10h56] The circulation of the coronavirus continues with 24,179 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours (very low figure like every Tuesday). “The Covid returns“alert Professor Rémi Salomon, pediatrician at the Necker hospital in Paris on March 21 on RMC. “The French will have the waves [épidémiques] that they deserve” hammered Gilles Pialoux on BFM TV the same day. “The hospital pressure has stabilized. We permanently have 4-5 patients in intensive care. It has stopped decreasing and we will see how far it will go up in Springadded the head of infectious and tropical diseases at Tenon Hospital in Paris.The circulation of viruses depends on three factors: the human factor, i.e. our interactions with or without a mask; it also depends on the viral factor, we have a variant that is a little more contagious, this is the Omicron 2 variant (or BA.2, editor’s note); and finally, the third factor is the gradual decline in immunity, including after the booster. Here are the reasons for this rebound [épidémique]“ recalled Anne-Claude Crémieux, professor of infectious diseases at Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris the same day on France info. “Our essential challenge is to maintain a good level of protection against severe forms, to prevent this rebound in contamination from resulting in a rebound in hospitalization“added the member of the National Academy of Medicine. 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, March 22 2022.
What are today’s Covid figures?
| Total number of Covid cases (as of March 22) | New Covid cases over 24 hours (as of March 21) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of March 21) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of March 21) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24,347,816 | +24 179 | 20,706 | 1,632 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at 22 March 2022according to’Johns Hopkins University, 24.3 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. At 21 march, 24 179 new people have tested positive during the last 24 hours.
5 million vaccinated people did not receive a 3rd booster dose
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
At 21 March 2022 | 20,706 | -1.05% | 32.27% |
How many cases in intensive care?
The number of new hospitalizations and critical care admissions continues to decline. At March 21st, 1,632 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 March 21 2022 | 1,632 | -10.62% | 32.27% |
How many French people are vaccinated against Covid?
Vaccination against Covid-19 continues to continue in France. At March 21staccording to Ministry of Health, 54 237 267 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.4% of total population) and 53,314,050 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 79.1% of total population) and 39,386,660 people received a booster dose. 19.2% of the French population is not vaccinated against Covid. As of March 15, vaccination coverage was generally stable compared to the previous week: 83.0% of those aged 65 and over and 74.4% of those aged 80 and over had received a booster shot.
79.1% 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. 141,085 to March 21, 2022. Covid deaths outside these structures are not recorded in real time. “About 18,000 deaths have occurred since December 15, 2021, emphasizes the Scientific Council in its Opinion 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.