COVID. The number of Covid-19 contaminations in France continues to exceed 300,000 new cases in 24 hours, Saturday January 8, 2022. While the text of the vaccine pass law will be examined on Monday January 10 in the Senate, anti-pass demonstrations gathered more than 100,000 people across France on Saturday 8 January.
- The latest Covid-19 report in France reports 303,669 new contaminations on Saturday, January 8. The figures communicated by Public Health France therefore show that the number of new cases has decreased since the day before (- 24,545), but the average contamination continues to increase: 231,885 new patients, Saturday January 8 against 219,807 the day before. In addition, the incidence rate has jumped. It is now 2,328 cases per 100,000 inhabitants after having gained 116 points in 24 hours. The detailed report can be found on this page, updated every day, devoted to the Covid figures in France.
- With the examination of the vaccination pass in the Senate, Monday January 10, the dispute has returned to the streets of France. Several dozen demonstrations took place in many cities in France, this Saturday, January 8, to protest against the vaccination pass and the new health measures taken by the government to fight against the spread of Covid-19. According to the Interior Ministry, a total of 105,000 demonstrators marched. The authorities counted nearly 90,000 people in the provinces, and 18,000 in Paris.
- Guadeloupe has decided to advance its curfew. As of Monday, January 10, the curfew will begin at 8 p.m. instead of 10 p.m., the island’s prefecture announced on Saturday, January 8 to curb the rise in contamination linked to the Omicron variant.
- A night curfew was introduced in Saint-Martin from Friday, January 7 and the health pass made compulsory to try to stem an “exponential increase in contamination” with Covid-19, announced the prefect Serge Gouteyron.
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11:57 – Advanced curfew in Guadeloupe
As of Monday, January 10, the curfew will begin at 8 p.m. instead of 10 p.m., the prefecture of the Guadeloupe region announced on Saturday to curb contamination linked to the Omicron variant. Guadeloupe has thus recorded more than 7,000 contaminations in four days this week, against 2,000 over the same period of time the previous week.
11:30 am – More than 2 million daily cases of Covid-19 worldwide
More than 2 million daily cases of Covid-19 were recorded on average worldwide over the week of January 1 to 7, a figure which has doubled in ten days, according to an AFP count. The number of new daily cases has increased by 270% since the discovery at the end of November 2021 of the Omicron variant.
11:04 – Minister attacks politicians in anti-pass protests
The Minister of Transformation and Public Service, Amélie de Montchalin, criticized the political figures present in the processions of anti-pass demonstrations. “Yesterday, in the street, there were men and women who call themselves politicians, who are anti-vax, conspirators, who endanger the lives of each other,” she said on franceinfo . “These people are dangerous for the nation and the health of the French,” she added.
10:39 – The hospital situation continues to deteriorate
In hospital services on Saturday January 8, more than 3,800 Covid-19 patients are in critical care, according to figures from Public Health France. 3,821 patients treated for the most severe forms of the disease are in the intensive care units, which received 243 patients in 24 hours.
10:23 – More than 100,000 protesters against the vaccine pass across the country
The anti-health pass demonstrations on Saturday January 8 saw an increase in participation, with 105,200 participants throughout France according to the Ministry of the Interior, more than four times more than the 25,500 of the previous mobilization of December 18.
10:13 – More than 300,000 new contaminations in 24 hours
The latest Covid-19 report in France reports 303,669 new contaminations on Saturday, January 8. The figures communicated by Public Health France therefore show that the number of new cases has decreased since the day before (- 24,545), but the average contamination continues to increase: 231,885 new patients, Saturday January 8 against 219,807 the day before. In addition, the incidence rate has jumped. It is now 2,328 cases per 100,000 inhabitants after having gained 116 points in 24 hours.
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According to the latest data from Public Health France, communicated on Saturday, January 8, the seven-day average continues to increase and has exceeded 230,000 new cases. In the past 24 hours, 142 people have died from Covid-19 in hospital. The incidence rate has once again increased in the last 24 hours and is now 2,328 new contaminations per 100,000 inhabitants, or 116 points more than the day before. Here is the detailed report:
- 11,815,121 cases confirmed by PCR (nursing home included), i.e. 303,669 more
- 125,348 deaths in total (nursing homes included), i.e. 142 more
- 98,209 hospital deaths, or 142 more
- 21,721 people currently hospitalized, i.e. 116 more
- 3,821 people currently in intensive care, i.e. 6 more
- 1,485 new admissions to hospital (-823) and 243 to intensive care (-115)
- 472,027 people discharged from hospital, i.e. 1,230 more
- Test positivity rate: 19.37%, i.e. 0.17 point more
- Incidence rate: 2,328.01 cases / 100,000, i.e. 116.07 points more
According to last epidemiological point of Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday, January 6, France is facing an “extremely marked acceleration in the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 linked to the very rapid progression of the Omicron variant and increase in new hospitalizations”. On average, the incidence rate was 1,908 positive cases per 100,000 population nationwide.
- In metropolitan France, the incidence rate corrected increases in week 52 and passes to 1,908 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants (vs. 835 in W51, or + 129%), “or nearly 2% of the population tested positive in W52”. The incidence rate has, in W52, “at least doubled in all age groups,” notes the public health agency. In particular, it has tripled among 70-79 year olds (771 positive cases per 100K inhabitants, i.e. + 207% compared to W51) and 80-89 year olds (622, + 212%) compared to the previous week. It was 3,606 (+ 103%) among 20-29 year olds and 2,905 (+ 112%) among 30-39 year olds.
- The number of new cases diagnosed per day also increases sharply. On average, in W52, more than 168,000 positive cases were detected each day. The effective reproduction rate of the virus was 1.61 on January 1 (compared to 1.22 on December 25, 2021), “indicating a marked acceleration of viral circulation”, notes SPF. The positivity rate for the tests was also on the rise (17.1%, vs 8.7% in W51, or +8.4 points).
- The number of new hospitalizations is also increasing sharply. The indicators by date of admission showed 9,982 new hospitalizations in W52 (compared to 8,439 in W51, or + 18%) and 1,822 new admissions to critical care services.
- The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is now the majority in France, identified at 74% of the tests by sequencing, whereas it represented only 49% in week 51.
- Vaccination against Covid-19 is still progressing: As of January 4, 2022, vaccination coverage from anti-Covid vaccine was estimated at 77.2% of the population for at least one dose. 48.4% of those aged 18 and over had, by that date, received a booster dose (59.4% among eligible audiences). Among those aged 65 and over, 72.9% had received a booster dose (82.4% among those eligible).
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Since mid-October 2020, Public Health France has been communicating incidence data (number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants) at the municipal level. The figures are at this stage communicated according to a scale (10, 20, 50, 150, 250, 500, 1000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants). The data are expressed on a rolling week, which means that they are calculated on a day D from the tests carried out between 3 and 9 days previously. To access information relating to the coronavirus in your town, enter its name into the search engine or click on its department in the map below.
As a reminder, the incidence rate corresponds to the number of new cases of Covid-19 over a period of one week, compared to the total population of a territory (country, region, department or municipality). This indicator is generally expressed in number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The screening rate gives the number of people who have tested for the coronavirus out of the total number of inhabitants, during the period. It is also expressed most often on 100,000 inhabitants. Finally, the test positivity rate gives the percentage of positive tests for the coronavirus, compared to the total number of tests carried out over the period.