LATEST CORONAVIRUS FIGURES. The Covid epidemic is slowing down further with 43,727 new contaminations recorded in 24 hours. The incidence rate drops below 350 cases. Latest Covid figures, info, hospitalizations, vaccination as of May 18, 2022.
[Mis à jour le 18 mai 2022 à 10h14] The circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the global Covid pandemic slows down another 22.5% compared to last week with 43,727 notnew cases counted in the last 24 hours. the incidence rate went below the bar 350 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The hospitalizations fall by 10% and admissions in critical care decrease by more than 14%. The vaccination is complete for more than 79% of the population. 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 Wednesday, May 18 2022.
What are today’s Covid figures?
| Total number of Covid cases (as of May 18) | New Covid cases over 24 hours (as of May 17) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of May 17) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of May 17) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29,425,141 | +43 727 | 18,290 | 1,173 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at Wednesday, May 18, 2022according to’Johns Hopkins University, 29.4 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. At May 17, 43,727 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 May 17, 2022 | 18,290 | -10.78% | 23.19% |
How many cases in intensive care?
The number of new hospitalizations and critical care admissions continues to decline. At May 17, 1,173 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 May 17, 2022 | 1,173 | -14% | 23.19% |
How many French people are vaccinated against Covid?
Vaccination against Covid-19 continues to continue in France. At May 13according to Ministry of Health, 54,363,684 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.6% of total population) and 53,460,327 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 79.3% of total population) and 41,620,680 people received a booster dose. At May 9 2022, 83.9% of those aged 65 and over had received a complete primary series and a booster dose.
79.3% 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. 147,568 to May 17, 2022. Covid deaths outside these structures are not recorded in real time. “Approximately 18,000 deaths have occurred since December 15, 2021, emphasizes the Scientific Council in its Notice 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 May 16, 2022, Covid-19 has killed more than 6 million people worldwide:
| WORLD | EUROPE | Percentage in Europe | |
| CASE COVID | 519 105 112 | 218 268 130 | 42.04% |
| COVID DEAD | 6,266,324 | 2,002,392 | 31.95% |