still more than 240,000 new contaminations, the slow improvement continues

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still more than 240000 new contaminations the slow improvement continues

COVID. While more than 240,000 new coronavirus contaminations were recorded this Friday, February 4, the improvement continues slowly in hospitals with the reflux of patients in critical care. However, the number of conventional hospitalizations for Covid-19 has continued to increase for several days.

  • The slow decline of the Covid-19 epidemic in France continues slowly. The latest assessment of the coronavirus reports 241,049 new contaminations, Friday February 4. The figures communicated by Public Health France therefore show that the number of new cases has dropped since the day before (-33,303), and the average of daily cases over seven days is also decreasing: 273,166 new patients, Friday February 4 against 289,231 the day before. Also, the incidence rate has gone down. It is now 3,129 cases per 100,000 inhabitants after falling by 158 points in 24 hours. For a detailed review of the Sars-CoV-2 figures in France, you can consult our dedicated article.

  • However, Public Health France counts a total of 32,988 Covid-19 patients treated in hospital. A figure up from Thursday, February 3 (+ 136 hospitalized patients). They were 31,271 seven days ago. On the other hand, entries into critical care are slowly decreasing. 3,618 patients are in intensive care units, against 3,643 the day before, and 3,656 last Friday.

  • Several scientists presented possible scenarios on the evolution of the Covid-19 epidemic in France during the hearing organized on February 3 by the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technical Choices. Many share the optimism of Olivier Véran, Minister of Health, on the possibility of removing the masks within two months, but they remain cautious about the potential arrival of a new wave or a new variant.

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The latest assessment of Covid-19 in France reports 241,049 new contaminations, Friday February 4. The figures communicated by Public Health France therefore show that the number of new cases has dropped since the day before (-33,303), and the average of daily cases over seven days is also decreasing: 273,166 new patients, Friday February 4 against 289,231 the day before. In addition, the incidence rate has decreased. It is now 3,129 cases per 100,000 people after dropping 158 points in 24 hours.

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Here is the latest assessment of the coronavirus in France according to data updated daily by Public Health France and available on Data.gouv. Figures as of February 4, 2022:

The figures from Public Health France are to be qualified. A distinction must be made between patients hospitalized for Covid-19 and with Covid-19 (the figures currently given). The same goes for deaths: if, for example, Public Health France (SPF) reports 5,000 deaths of people positive for the coronavirus in France between December 1, 2021 and January 9, 2022, including 383 attributed to the Omicron variant, these figures are at observe with caution, indicates Release. Indeed, over the period from January 10 to 16 alone, 26% of patients positive for Covid-19 had been admitted for a pathology other than Sars-CoV-2. 13% of Covid-19 positive people admitted to critical care and 8% of positive people admitted to intensive care are in the same situation.

According to last epidemiological point from Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday February 3, “the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has slowed down on national territory with an incidence rate down by 8%” in week 04 (January 24-30). Yet “the pressure on hospitals remained strong with hospital indicators still at very high levels”.

  • In mainland France, the incidence rate corrected decreases in week 04 and goes to 3,460 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants (vs 3,747 in S03, i.e. -8%). It was highest in the over 70s (1,073, +11%) but also in the 80-89 age group (988, +15%) and the over 90s (1,667, 19%). However, it has decreased among 10-19 year olds (6,212; -9%). In addition, the screening rate was down in all age groups, particularly among 10-19 year olds (-17%) and 0-9 year olds (-18%). The positivity rate, meanwhile, was high in all age groups.

  • The number of new cases diagnosed per day also increases sharply. In S04, there were more than 331,000 cases on average per day and 2,321,928 new confirmed cases in total over the period, compared to 2,507,712 in S03. The effective reproduction number of the virus has dropped and is estimated at 0.99. The test positivity rate was up (34.3%, vs 31.8% in S03, i.e. +2.5 points).

  • The number of new hospitalizations of Covid-19 patients fell in S04. The indicators by date of admission showed 16,352 new hospitalizations of patients with Covid-19 (compared to 17,621 in S03, a decrease of 7%). There were 1,818 new critical care admissions of Covid patients in S04, compared to 1,879 in S03 (i.e. -3%).

  • The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is still the majority in France in S04, suspected and confirmed in 97% of Flash survey interpretable sequence screening tests in S03 (preliminary data). The BA.2 sub-lineage, sub-variant of the Omicron mutation, remained, for its part, a very small minority in S03 on the territory, representing 2% of the interpretable sequences/

  • Vaccination against Covid-19 is still progressing: as of January 25, 2022, 78.3% of the total population had received a complete primary vaccination. 64.7% of those aged 18 and over had also received a booster dose (75.4% among those eligible) and 80.4% among those aged 65 and over (88.9% among those eligible).

Follow the evolution of the coronavirus in your municipality thanks to the map below. Click on a department to display the list of municipalities. Also find all the details on this mapping and the complete point by city and by department in our article on the Covid map in France.

Click on a department to consult the list of its cities.

Since mid-October 2020, Public Health France has been communicating incidence data (number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants) at 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 is expressed over a rolling week, which means that it is calculated on a D-day from tests carried out between 3 and 9 days previously. To access information relating to the coronavirus in your municipality, enter its name in 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 as the number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The screening rate gives the number of people having carried out a screening test for the coronavirus out of the total number of inhabitants, during the period. It is also most often expressed per 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.

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