COVID. While less than 100,000 new coronavirus contaminations have been recorded in France, the decline continues for the main indicators of the epidemic. Thus, the hospital situation also continues to improve with a decline in critical care patients observed for several weeks.
19:49 – Less than 100,000 new Covid-19 contaminations in 24 hours
The latest assessment of Covid-19 in France reports 98,735 new contaminations, Wednesday February 16. The figures communicated by Public Health France therefore show that the number of new cases has dropped since the day before (- 43,518), and the average of daily cases over seven days is also decreasing: 108,148 new patients, Wednesday February 16 against 119,702 the day before. Also, the incidence rate has gone down. It is now 1,366 cases per 100,000 inhabitants after falling by 128 points in 24 hours.
19:06 – Brittany remains the most vaccinated region against the coronavirus in France
According to the Ministry of Health, 84.3% of the Breton population has received at least one dose of anti-Covid vaccine, making Brittany the region with the best vaccination coverage in France. Next come the Pays de la Loire (82.5% of the vaccinated population), Normandy (82.4%) and New Aquitaine (82.1%).
18:47 – A baby whose mother has been vaccinated against Covid-19 is less likely to be hospitalized because of the virus
According to a study by the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), published on Wednesday, babies whose mothers were vaccinated (with at least one dose) against Covid-19 during pregnancy are also protected against the virus. virus. Data from the study shows that these children are 60% less likely to be hospitalized with coronavirus.
18:41 – A study shows a lower dangerousness of the Omicron variant compared to Delta
According to a British study conducted on 1.5 million patients infected with the coronavirus and relayed by The world, the risk of death would be divided by 3.2 for patients who contracted the Omicron variant, compared to Delta, all ages combined. Same observation for the risk of hospitalization, which is lower with Omicron: an infection by the variant initially discovered in South Africa would generate 2.4 times less risk of being hospitalized in all age groups. The British study also notes that the effectiveness of the booster dose of the anti-Covid vaccine is reduced by this variant.
6:19 p.m. – Which department is most affected by the circulation of Covid-19 in France?
The latest figures for the coronavirus in France communicated by Public Health France, Tuesday February 15, 2022, show that Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the French department with the highest incidence rate in the territory. Thus, it is 2,490.66 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
6:00 p.m. – How many French people get vaccinated every day?
On average over the last seven days, 187,792 injections are performed every day, including 8,352 first doses, 38,758 second doses and 140,682 booster doses.
17:31 – How many vaccination appointments are still available?
On the Doctolib platform, 475,587 slots are still available to be vaccinated within the next 3 days, 1,074,804 within 7 days and 2,038,596 within 14 days.
17:00 – How many French people make an appointment every day to be vaccinated?
Every day, 2,598 appointments for a first injection are taken on Doctolib, on average over the last seven days.
16:33 – How many appointments are made each day on Doctolib for a vaccination reminder?
On average over the last seven days, 52,453 appointments for a booster dose are taken each day on the Doctolib online medical appointment booking and management platform.
16:02 – The rules of validity of the vaccination pass are changing
The Directorate General for Health (DGS) has published a document indicating that the rules relating to the validity period of reinstatement certificates are changing. The vaccination pass for people recovered from a coronavirus infection in France will only be valid if the positive test revealing the contamination was carried out more than three months after the last injection of anti-Covid vaccine. “The recovery certificate must thus contain information that the patient has a complete initial vaccination cycle in order to have the same validity as a booster dose,” the document further indicates.
15:31 – Nearly 38 million French people have received their reminder
According to the Ministry of Health, as of this date, nearly 38 million people have received a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine in France.
15:16 – The mask is “the last measure we have to take off”
Guest of the set of BFM TVthe director of research at the Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Dominique Costagliola, reacted to Oliver Véran’s remarks on the possible end of the mask in certain indoor places in mid-March: “The mask is the last measure that we must remove”, she estimated, although “the worst of this wave” is “passed”.
15:00 – Three possible scenarios according to Gilles Pialoux
According to the head of infectious and tropical diseases at Tenon Hospital, three scenarios from now: “1. It’s the end of the pandemic after two years. 2. An escape variant is coming. 3. An intermediate scenario with epidemic phases and which will have to be managed with reminders etc.”, he lists with BFM TV.
14:29 – The mask, “like a condom”
At the microphone of BFM TV, Gilles Pialoux recalled the protective virtues of the mask, stressing that “it is not because it will no longer be compulsory that it will not be useful”. And to draw a comparison with the condom: “The condom is not obligatory, it is not for that that one does not advise it when one has an exposure to risk”.
2:00 p.m. – “We can’t act as if things have been settled”, underlines Gilles Pialoux
guest of BFM TV this Wednesday, February 16, the head of the infectious and tropical diseases department at Tenon hospital, Gilles Pialoux deplored a hasty exit from the crisis, assuring that “we cannot act as if things were settled” and declaring himself “ concerned”. In order to really get out of the health crisis, Gilles Pialoux indicated that it was necessary “to have a monitoring plan, vigilance, […] to have a watch, to learn from what we have not done well”, not only to “announce”. And to castigate: “The problem is the at the same time […] It’s all going extremely fast.”
Regretting in the first place the fact that “the number of deaths, nobody cares. There is an invisibilization of death”, the infectiologist enjoined: “It would be good if there were measures maintained for avoid these hundreds of deaths”. And to compare: “When there was a fifty-year decline in mortality through road safety, all of a sudden we didn’t say to ourselves: ‘we stop, we raise the acceptable blood alcohol level, we increase the speed’, etc.”
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 16, 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 of Public Health France (SPF), published Thursday February 10, “the slowdown in the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has been confirmed on the territory and has been accompanied by a drop in new hospital admissions” in week 05 (January 31-February 6). Yet “the indicators remained high”.
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.