The Director-General of Public Health in France estimated on Friday that the peak of the current wave of the Covid epidemic in France, boosted by the Omicron variable, had not yet been reached, adding that “one in five French people tested positive”. Or about 280,000 cases per day over the course of a week.
On Friday, France recorded nearly 330,000 new cases. COVID-19 But a decrease, for the second day in a row, in the number of patients in resuscitation.
According to data from public health France329,371 new cases of coronavirus were identified within 24 hours, a number equivalent to last Friday (328,214), and 3,895 patients with Covid-19 were in critical care, 44 fewer than the day before.
Genevieve Chen, France’s director general of public health, noted on BFM TV on Friday 80% of cases were likely related to Omicron last week”.
The Basseterre Institute expects a peak trading of the new Omicron variant in mid-January
“All indications are converging to indicate that this variant is less severe than Delta. It causes proportionately fewer hospitalizations. But as it is more contagious, we can still expect an increase in hospitalizations in the coming weeks.”, warned.
The Pasteur Institute published new models on Wednesday, anticipating a Peak circulation for the new Omicron variant in mid-January, followed by a sharp rise in hospital admissions in the second half of the month.
According to the SPF, 191 new deaths due to Covid were recorded on Friday in France, for a total of 126,721 since the beginning of the epidemic in 2020.
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