CORONAVIRUS FIGURES. The cases of coronavirus recorded in France still exceed the 400,000 mark. “We have undoubtedly passed the hardest part of this wave” declared Gabriel Attal. Resuscitation up slightly and more than 32,000 hospitalizations. Positive cases, resuscitation, hospitalization, vaccination… Here is the balance sheet as of February 2.
[Mis à jour le 02 février 2022 à 16h21] “This February 2 marks a new stage in our fight against the epidemic […] Our hospital resisted despite the waves and variants […] Today the epidemic trend seems to be reversing. The epidemic is receding now in 11 regions of metropolitan France out of 13, and marks a significant drop in Ile de France with a incidence rate down by more than 20%. […] At level nationalthe trend is downward over several days with an incidence rate down by 4% over the week and a number of cases detected systematically lower than last week since the end of last week.[…]” indicated Gabriel Attal during the Council of Ministers on February 2. “This is good news but it must now be sustained. The epidemic remains particularly strong and the BA.2 variant prompts us to be cautious. That’s right hospital situation which is the compass of our decisions. However, at the hospital the situation remains very tense. The number of people who are hospitalized is the highest we have seen since the beginning of this epidemic. The intensive care pressure continues to decline overall, although it remains very high.” continued the government spokesman. “We probably passed the hardest part this wave” he reassured. The circulation of SARS-CoV-2 continues to increase at a very high level. France recorded 416 896 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The hospitalizations are up almost 9%. The Omicron variant, predominant throughout the countryreplaces the Delta variant: in week 03, the suspicion of cases of the Omicron variant was “greater than 95% in all regionswith a minimum of 97% in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and a maximum of 99% in Ile-de-France” says Santé Publique France. Every day, Santé Publique France presents a dashboard key epidemic monitoring indicators: confirmed cases, death, hospitalizationsadmissions 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 02 February 2022.
What are today’s numbers?
| Total number of Covid cases (February 2) | New cases of Covid over 24 hours (as of February 01) | Hospitalized Covid patients (as of February 01) | Covid patients in intensive care or critical care (as of February 01) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19,681,231 | +416 896 | 32,894 | 3,751 |
How many Covid cases today?
In France, at February 2 2022, according toJohns Hopkins University, 19.7 million people have had a positive coronavirus antigen or PCR test since the outbreak began in 2020. At February 01, 416,896 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 February 01 2022 | 32,894 | +8.96% | 74.16% |
How many cases in intensive care?
At February 01, 3,751 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 February 01, 2022 | 3,751 | +0.27%% | 74.16% |
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 February 01according to Ministry of Health, 54,003,768 people received at least one injection (i.e. 80.1% of total population) and 52,748,008 people now have a full immunization schedule (i.e. 78.2% of the total population). 35,708,713 people have also received a booster dose. 19.7% of the French population is not vaccinated against Covid. the January 31, 94% of the adult population had received at least one injection and 92% of the adult population had a complete vaccination schedule.
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. 131 312 to February 01, 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’INED68,000 deaths are attributable to the Covid epidemic in 2020.