COVID. The number of new cases of coronavirus continues to drop despite still numerous contaminations. The improvement continues slowly in hospitals with the reflux of critical care patients. Scientists are optimistic but cautious about abandoning the mask indoors.
18:58 – The incidence rate is below 2,500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in seven departments
According to figures published by Public Health France (SpF) on the epidemic situation of Covid-19, Thursday February 3, only seven departments recorded an incidence rate of less than 2,500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants: Seine-Saint- Denis (1,555 cases per 100 inhabitants), Haute-Corse (2,244 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), Essone (2,191 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), Val-de-Marne (1,962 cases per 100 inhabitants ), Hauts-de-Seine (2,283 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), Paris (2,095 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) and Val d’Oise (2,034 cases per 100,000 inhabitants).
18:39 – 48% of critical care admissions for Covid-19 are non-vaccinated people
According to the Drees (Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics Department), 35% of admissions to conventional hospitalization with Covid-19 are unvaccinated people. They also represent 44% of deaths after hospitalization and 48% of admissions to critical care, between December 27, 2021 and January 23, 2022.
6:17 p.m. – Closure of the Saint-Quentin en Yvelines vaccinodrome due to low attendance
Asked about BFM Paris, the mayor of Elancourt (Yvelines), Jean-Michel Fourgous (LR) announced the closure of the vaccinodrome of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines on February 25. With only “500 injections” per day, “the demand is no longer the same, it is more suited to city medicine”, he said on Friday.
6:00 p.m. – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 4,076 people positive for Covid-19 hospitalized
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is, according to the latest data, also strongly affected by the coronavirus epidemic in France. On February 3, there were 4,076 patients with Covid hospitalized (+395 in 24 hours) and 441 Covid patients in intensive care (+29 in 24 hours). The region also has 14 additional deaths since the day before.
17:29 – 7,365 Covid patients hospitalized in Île-de-France
Ile-de-France is the mainland region most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic: 7,365 Covid-positive patients were hospitalized there on February 3, i.e. 472 more than the day before, and 851 are in care. reviews, 67 more than the day before. The region also deplores 72 additional deaths in the past 24 hours.
17:01 – How many people received their booster dose?
In France, 36,067,100 people received a booster dose on February 3 since the start of the booster campaign for vaccination against Covid-19 in France. 163,317 of them have been injected with this booster in the last 24 hours.
16:32 – How many French people are vaccinated against Covid-19?
According to the Ministry of Health, as of February 3, 54,044,774 people have received at least one injection of vaccine against Covid-19 in France since the start of the vaccination campaign, i.e. 80.2% of the population. This is 15,901 more than the day before. In addition, 52,820,270 people have, on this date, a complete vaccination schedule – ie 78.3% of the total population.
4:00 p.m. – The vaccine pass will be lifted as soon as possible, assures Attal
During his press briefing, Gabriel Attal assured that the executive was not “fetishist” of this tool, adding that, “as soon as we can do it, we will lift the vaccination pass”.
3:32 p.m. – “We are facing a fragile inversion”, underlines Gabriel Attal
During a press briefing this Friday, the government spokesperson spoke about the health situation, playing the nuance card: if “we have an Omicron variant which is infinitely more contagious but which remains less severe than the previous ones”, which “allowed us to cross this 5th wave”, “we are facing a fragile inversion because we remain at very high levels of contamination”, he declared in particular.
15:01 – Incidence rate on the rise in over 70s
During a press briefing this Friday, February 4, Public Health France (SPF) indicated that, if the incidence rate, all age groups combined, was “down 8%”, it “continued nevertheless to increase among those aged 70 and over and remained at a very high level (above 3,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) in the majority of regions” last week. The public health agency also specified that the strongest increase was observed among those aged 90 and over (+19%).
14:30 – Cluster at Corbas prison in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
According to BFM Lyon, 133 people (119 inmates and 14 agents) from Corbas prison (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) tested positive for Covid-19. “This time, it’s a little bit ‘open bar’ in penitentiary establishments […] The mix and promiscuity mean that no particular measure having been taken in certain places generates this kind of problem and an explosion of positive cases”, lamented Dominique Verrière, regional secretary UFAP UNSA Justice on the news channel. continuously.
13:59 – BA.2 represents 2% of sequencing in France
According to the latest data published by Public Health France (SPF), the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant represents, in the third week of January, 2% of the sequencing carried out, against 0.2% two weeks earlier.
12:31 – How is the vaccination against Covid-19 progressing by region?
The region of France with the best vaccination coverage is Brittany, with 84.2% of its population vaccinated with at least one dose against the coronavirus. Then come the Pays de la Loire (82.4% of the total vaccinated population), Normandy (82.3%) and New Aquitaine (82.0%).
12:06 – How many French people are vaccinated, on average, per day?
According to the latest data, 225,490 injections of anti-Covid vaccines are carried out every day in France, including: 11,910 first doses, 45,155 second doses and 168,425 booster doses.
11:46 – How many slots for getting vaccinated are still available on Doctolib?
On the platform for booking and managing medical appointments online Doctolibare still available 352,184 appointments for vaccination against Covid-19 within 3 days, 1,190,225 for seven days and 2,450,162 for 14 days.
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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 3, 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”.
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.
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.