CORONAVIRUS FIGURES OF THE DAY. 169,3122 new cases recorded in 24 hours. A high figure which confirms the rebound of the epidemic according to Public Health France. The incidence rate exceeds 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and new hospitalizations are increasing. Statistics of the day.
[Mis à jour le 1er avril 2022 à 9h41] the Sars-Cov-2, virus responsible for the global Covid pandemic, continues to circulate with 169,311 new cases counted in 24 hours. the incidence rate is rising in all age groups for the third consecutive week. “In week 12 (March 21 to 27, 2022), the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has intensified nationwideconfirming the rebound of the epidemic. The incidence rate exceeded the threshold of 1,000 cases per 100,000 population in all metropolitan areas” indicates Public Health France in its epidemiological point of March 31. “Number of news hospital admissions increased and the news critical care admissions were up slightly” continues the organization. Which confirms an epidemic recoveryor a “new wave” who “started in France at the beginning of February” according to epidemiologist Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute of Global Health in Geneva. Every day, Santé Publique 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 Friday, April 1 2022.
What are today’s Covid figures?
| Total number of Covid cases (as of April 1) | New Covid cases over 24 hours (as of March 31) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of March 31) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of March 31) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25,803,173 | +169 311 | 21,922 | 1,551 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at friday april 1st 2022according to’Johns Hopkins University, 25.8 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. At March 31, 169,311 new people 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 31 March 2022 | 21,922 | +6.14% | 30.66% |
How many cases in intensive care?
The number of new hospitalizations and critical care admissions continues to decline. At March, 31st, 1,551 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 31 2022 | 1,551 | +1.84% | 30.66% |
How many French people are vaccinated against Covid?
Vaccination against Covid-19 continues to continue in France. At March, 31staccording to Ministry of Health, 54,263,997 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.5% of total population) and 53 351 332 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 79.1% of total population) and 39,539,892 people received a booster dose. As of March 29, 19.2% of the French population is not vaccinated against Covid. As of March 29, 83.2% of those aged 65 and over had received a booster vaccine.
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. 142,273 to March 30, 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.
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 March 31, 2022, Covid-19 has caused more than 6 million deaths worldwide:
| WORLD | EUROPE | Percentage in Europe | |
| CASE COVID | 485 243 022 | 201 869 782 | 40.46% |
| COVID DEAD | 6,137,553 | 1,938,626 | 31.16% |