Vaccination against Covid-19: the objective of 30 million first doses reached tomorrow

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Two days after the new stage of deconfinement in France, the pressure on the hospital continues to decrease and the number of people hospitalized for Covid-19 is at its lowest since the end of October.

7:25 p.m. 4,687 cases per day on average over the past week, the objective of the second wave reached. According to data from Public Health France (SPF), France has just fallen below the bar of 5,000 cases per day which was a goal, never achieved, for the deconfinement during the second wave last fall.

7:10 p.m. Because of a covid-19 positive comrade, the students in a class all get a 0/20. The 14 students from a BTS section in Beaumont-de-Lomagne (Tarn-et-Garonne) all received a mark of 0/20 in their June 3 test. As La Dépêche du Midi reports, a case of Covid-19 having been observed two days before, they had to stay at home. An absence during a BTS test being eliminatory, it is in agreement with the ministry that this note was assigned to them to avoid elimination. “An exceptional catch-up session will be organized this year”, explained the academy director to our colleagues.

6:55 p.m. More than 740,000 injections this Friday, the objective of 30 million first doses reached tomorrow? In detail, 387,270 first injections and 352,955 second injections were carried out today. According to the General Directorate of Health (DGS), 29,831,488 people received at least one injection (i.e. 44.5% of the total population and 56.8% of the adult population) and 13,722,706 people received two injections (i.e. 20.5% of the total population and 26.1% of the adult population). In total, 15,405,347 people have a complete vaccination schedule, i.e. 22.95% of the French population.

6:40 p.m. Anti-Covid vaccination: the government does not want to lose the rhythm. The campaign is in full swing, but the government fears a slowdown in the coming weeks. New communication campaigns will be launched. And some within the executive plan to make the vaccine compulsory, a hypothesis that Emmanuel Macron had ruled out. The government's thoughts on the glass ceiling can be found HERE.

6:25 p.m. Crisis: 6 to 7% of companies could find it hard to bear the end of public support. 6 to 7% of French companies listed by the Banque de France could encounter difficulties when the public support measures put in place by the government to deal with the crisis are stopped, according to an assessment by the central bank. Between the end of December 2019 and the end of March 2021, the gross debt of companies increased by 224 billion euros and their cash by 215 billion, in particular due to the subscription of loans guaranteed by the State (PGE), according to a note of blog published Friday by the French central bank.

To make this assessment, they analyzed the annual accounts of more than 200,000 companies, including those with more than 750,000 euros in turnover, for which the institution establishes a rating each year, which is crucial for the access to credit from these companies.

6:10 p.m. France drops below 13,000 patients hospitalized for Covid-19. Despite a slight increase in the number of new hospital admissions due to the coronavirus (313 in the last 24 hours compared to 297 yesterday), France now has 12,712 Covid-19 patients in its hospitals compared to 13,090 yesterday. More in detail, 2,163 are in critical care services, against 2,245 yesterday. In 24 hours, there are 66 new hospitalizations of these serious cases (74 yesterday). According to the first data from Public Health France, 69 deaths were notified in 24 hours, against 68 yesterday.

5:55 p.m. The incidence rate at its lowest since August 27. With an incidence rate, the number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants, of 56.8, France finds data similar to those observed on August 27. The positivity rate, according to government figures, drops below 2%. A figure to be interpreted with caution since many tests are carried out, especially in schools.

5:40 p.m. Sanitary pass: an association for the defense of freedoms denounces a “travel registration”. La Quadrature du Net, an association for the defense of freedoms, disputes its very principle because, for it, it "unjustifiably discloses data on the civil status and health data" of its holders. She announced on Friday that she had filed an interim appeal with the Council of State to oppose it. Read all the details HERE.

5:25 p.m. Brazil approves Pfizer vaccine for children over 12. Brazilian health regulator Anvisa announced on Friday that it has approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine for children over 12. Anvisa said it approved the measure after seeing studies, conducted outside of Brazil, that showed safety and effectiveness for the age group. The vaccine, the first in Brazil to receive final approval from Anvisa, was already authorized for use on adolescents aged 16 and over, the regulator said. Canada, the United States and France, in particular, have already done the same.

5:10 p.m. American prisons prosecuted for their management of the Covid. The United States Bureau of Prisons continues to face intense scrutiny and multiple lawsuits over its handling of Covid-19, in a new report. Since the first reported case last spring, more than 49,000 federal prisoners have become ill and 256 have died, according to data tracked by the Marshall Project. Thirty-five of the deceased were awaiting a decision on their request for release.

4:55 p.m. Vaccination against Covid-19: these signs that raise fears of a "glass ceiling". Nearly 350,000 people receive a first dose of vaccine each day, but the over 50s are fewer and fewer, making more difficult to achieve vaccination coverage of at least 80%. For example, the number of 50 to 59 year olds receiving a first dose of vaccine each day has been halved in two weeks, going from more than 100,000 to 50,000. Read all our analyzes with figures HERE.

4:40 p.m. The head of American diplomacy calls on China for “transparency” on the origin of Covid-19. Antony Blinken, the head of American diplomacy, on Friday called on China for “cooperation” and “transparency” about the origin of Covid-19, while Washington tries to establish whether the coronavirus may have originated from a Chinese lab accident.

In a telephone conversation with his counterpart Yang Jiechi, he also called on Beijing "to cease its pressure campaign against Taiwan" and referred to the "concern" of the United States about "genocide and crimes against humanity in progress "targeting according to the American government the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang, according to a press release from the American State Department.

4:25 p.m. A link between RNA vaccines and heart inflammation? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers will meet next week to discuss a possible link between heart inflammation and coronavirus vaccines that use messenger RNA technology, The Washington Post reveals.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will discuss the issue after a small percentage of people vaccinated — many of them teenagers or young adults — suffered from a condition called myocarditis. On Thursday, the CDC said it identified 216 cases of heart inflammation after a first dose of an mRNA vaccine and another 573 cases after the second injection. In the United States, more than 130 million people have been fully vaccinated with mRNA vaccines made by American companies Pfizer, with German partner BioNTech, and Moderna.

4:10 p.m. Anti-Covid vaccination: how do foreign countries try to convince the recalcitrant? For several weeks, several countries have found themselves faced with a new difficulty: while the most motivated have been vaccinated, the hesitant and refractory have to be convinced. Free drinks or menus, show tickets, lottery tickets - up to a million dollars a week are at stake in Ohio -, scholarships and even joints when the law allows it... Overview of what can be read HERE.

3:55 p.m. Pakistani province threatens to cut off anti-vaccine phone. The Pakistani province of Punjab threatened Friday to cut off the telephone to those who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19, in this country where a tiny fraction of the population is immune to the coronavirus. Sindh province has already announced that civil servants who refuse the injection will not be paid from July.

“At first it was just a proposal, but since people are really hesitant, we decided to act”, justified Hammad Raza, the spokesperson for the Punjab health services. According to him, the state telecom agency must decide how to put this measure into practice.

3:40 p.m. Several batches of the Janssen vaccine retained, as a precaution, by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Authorities in the European Union are aware that a batch of the Janssen vaccine has been contaminated with materials for another vaccine manufactured at the same site in Maryland, USA. If the batch concerned was not intended for the European market, the EMA announces in a press release that, "as a precaution and to preserve the quality of the vaccines, it recommends not to use batches of vaccines produced at approximately the same time. where the contamination occurred”.

3:25 p.m. Faced with an overly strict health protocol, Strasbourg is canceling its music festival. "Following the government's dispatch of the health and safety protocol relating to the 2021 edition of the Music Festival, the City of Strasbourg is unfortunately forced to cancel the events scheduled for this year (wanderings, music school concerts, floating stage, etc.), ”indicates the environmental municipality in a press release.

3:10 p.m. Germany's CureVac vaccine facing delays. The Covid-19 vaccine from the German laboratory CureVac, based on messenger RNA technology and initially expected in June, could see its marketing delayed due to the extension of the test phases, according to media and local health authorities. In the press, the regional manager clarified that the vaccine was no longer expected before August and was facing “complications”.

To complete its clinical trials, which include around 40,000 volunteers in Europe and Latin America, CureVac needs at least 111 participants to contract the virus. CureVac thought it would achieve that goal and seek approval in Europe in late May or early June, but falling infection rates slowed procedures. All the information on this delay to read HERE.

2:55 p.m. In China, Covid precautions are slowing maritime traffic. More than 150 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Guangdong province, a manufacturing and export hub in southern China. China. Local governments have intensified controls which have reduced port processing capacity. Ports in Guangdong, including Yantian, Shekou, Chiwan and Nansha, issued notices this week suspending entry of ships into ports without prior reservation. On Friday, more than 50 container ships were waiting to dock in the Outer Pearl River Delta, where the ports are located, according to Refinitiv data.

2:40 p.m. A billion doses donated by the G7, good but not enough for NGOs. The promise to redistribute one billion doses of vaccines against Covid that the leaders of the G7 should make at their summit in Carbis Bay, England, is an encouraging but insufficient gesture according to NGOs and observers. “If the best the G7 leaders can do is give out a billion doses, then this summit will have been a failure. It is accepted that the world will need 11 billion doses to end the pandemic, ”recalls in particular Anna Marriott, of the NGO Oxfam.

2:30 p.m. The threshold of 30 million first-time vaccinators is within reach, but... Slightly ahead of schedule, the symbolic mark of 30 million French people vaccinated with a first dose should be reached at the end of the week and the government wants to maintain this dynamic during the summer, to prevent a potential fourth wave of Covid-19. With a daily rate of nearly 400,000 first-timers, the target of 57% of the adult population having had at least one dose by mid-June is rapidly approaching. Thursday evening, Santé Publique France announced that 29,444,218 people had received at least one injection (56.1% of the adult population), and that nearly 15 million were fully vaccinated, i.e. a fifth of the population. But thousands of slots are now available in France, raising fears of a slowdown in the vaccine campaign.

2:20 p.m. The European Medicines Agency approves the Moderna vaccine design in France. In a press release, Moderna is pleased to be able to increase its manufacturing capacity for its vaccine against Covid-19, at the Monts site (Indre-et-Loire). “The European Medicines Agency has approved a new manufacturing site for the production of the finished Moderna COVID-19 vaccine product. The site, operated by Recipharm, is located in Monts, France,” reveals Moderna. Production had already started. This should make it possible to produce two million bottles per month, initially for the European market.

2:10 p.m. Africa is the only region of the world where the pandemic is progressing this week. The pandemic caused by the coronavirus has decelerated for the sixth consecutive week in the world, except in Africa, where it has increased sharply: here are the significant weekly developments, taken from an AFP database.

With 390,800 infections recorded daily worldwide this week, the indicator has fallen again (-16% compared to the previous week), according to an AFP report as of Thursday. But it has increased sharply in Africa (+28%), the only region where the epidemic is on the rise this week. Almost three quarters of the new cases were recorded in five countries: in Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia.

2 p.m. Germany is lifting its travel warning for most countries on July 1. “We can lift the general travel warning for areas at risk whose incidence (of the virus, editor’s note) over seven days is less than 200. This measure will apply from July 1 and in the world,” announced a statement from the head of diplomacy Heiko Maas.

1:50 p.m. More than 3,400 new deaths in India in one day. On Thursday, 14,010 new deaths and 429,466 new cases were recorded worldwide.

The countries with the most new deaths in their latest reports are India with 3,403 new deaths, Brazil (2,504) and Argentina (669).

1:38 p.m. Italy: more than 40 million doses of vaccine administered. Italy has administered 40.5 million doses of vaccines according to an official report published on Friday. Nearly 23% of the population is now fully vaccinated.

The first European country to be heavily hit by the pandemic (126,523 dead), Italy recorded record mortality in 2020: 100,000 more deaths compared to the average of the previous five years, which corresponds to a mortality in 9% increase.

As the situation improves, the government is gradually lifting anti-Covid restrictions. The curfew, now set at midnight, will be completely lifted on June 21.

1:33 p.m. Nearly 175 million cases of infection. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 174,762,040 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed. The vast majority of patients recover, but a still poorly assessed share retains symptoms for weeks or even months.

The figures are based on the reports communicated daily by the health authorities of each country. They exclude the revisions carried out a posteriori by certain statistical organizations, which conclude with a much higher number of deaths.

The WHO even estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially recorded.

1:18 p.m. More than 3.7 million deaths worldwide. The novel coronavirus pandemic has claimed at least 3,775,362 lives worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the outbreak of the disease in late December 2019.

1:06 p.m. Spanish players who will play the Euro vaccinated. The players of the Spanish selection were vaccinated this Friday morning against Covid-19, announced the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) three days before La Roja's first match at the Euro against Sweden.

12:51 p.m. The Delta variant 60% more contagious? Now dominant in the United Kingdom, it is 60% more contagious than its predecessor in the country, according to a study published on Friday, three days before the announcement of the government's decision on the lifting of the last restrictions. Health Minister Matt Hancock recently mentioned the figure of 40%. According to this study by the Public Health England system, 42,323 cases (up from 29,892 a week ago) of this variant identified in India have been detected in the United Kingdom, where it accounts for more than 90% of new cases. To find out all about this work, read HERE.

12:42 p.m. The time for pedagogy is over. After 11 p.m., the police issue tickets to those whom the summer atmosphere and the return to freedom have forgotten to bring home. Report with a police patrol on the Ile de la Cité, in Paris, where dodges at curfew were numerous this Thursday evening.

12:28 p.m. "Vivi warriors" versus "Vava warriors". Pro and anti-vaccine tear each other apart on the internet. A collective of citizens has decided to fight the online harassment that results from heated debates on this subject: we have followed it.

12:12 p.m. Vaccinate strongly, and everywhere. In Eure, the city of Vernon wants to set an example: it has set up an ephemeral vaccination system in priority neighborhoods. The goal: to vaccinate the most isolated to push back the vaccine glass ceiling. The device, open three days in June for the first injections, will be renewed on three occasions in July and August for the second doses.

11:49. Vaccines at the heart of the G7 summit. Pandemic and climate emergency: The leaders of the great powers of the G7 seek common answers to the world crises during their first meeting in almost two years this Friday, starting with the redistribution of a billion doses of vaccines against -Covid.

After months of videoconferences, it's the return of discussions around the same table and discreet asides to discuss global issues, with also a reception around Queen Elizabeth II this Friday and Saturday a barbecue on the beach with wood-fired marshmallows.

Until Sunday, the summit brings together Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in south-west England. It will be the first for US President Joe Biden, on the path to multilateralism after the isolationist years of Donald Trump, as for Mario Draghi and Yoshihide Suga.

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11:36. Euro football: Russian winger Mostovoy positive for Covid-19 and replaced. Russian winger Andrey Mostovoy, from Zenit Saint Petersburg, has tested positive for Covid-19 and replaced by defender Roman Evgenyev for the Euros, the Russian selection announced on Friday on the eve of his first game against Belgium.

"Due to the unfavorable result of Andrey Mostovoy's PCR test, the technical staff made the decision to call defender Roman Evgenyev in his place," the Russian team says on its Telegram page.

11:08 a.m. Infections, debate on the vaccine passport: cruise passengers already in difficulty. The cruise giants, ready to set sail again in America, are already navigating in troubled waters in the face of the ban by some local authorities on requiring proof of vaccination, and the appearance of cases of Covid-19 during one of the first trips.

Two individuals tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday aboard the Celebrity Millennium, one of the first cruise ships to sail since the start of the pandemic, despite a vaccinated crew and passengers.

The situation is crystallizing particularly in Florida, the cruise capital of the world.

10:56 a.m. Risk of a rave party: the prefects of three Breton departments issue decrees. Faced with the risk of a rave party bringing together "several thousand" people in Brittany, the prefects of Ille-et-Vilaine, Côtes-d'Armor and Finistère prohibit any festive gathering of a musical nature from Friday 11 to Monday June 14 reports France Bleu Armorique.

10:32 a.m. Oil: demand is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022, according to the IEA. Global oil demand, which had collapsed with the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to surpass pre-crisis levels by the end of 2022, the International Energy Agency predicts ( AIE) this Friday.

“Global oil demand will continue to recover” and “by the end of 2022, demand is expected to surpass pre-Covid levels,” she wrote in a report containing her first detailed forecast for next year.

After a record decline of 8.6 million barrels (mb/d) in 2020, global demand is expected to rebound by 5.4 mb/d this year and 3.1 mb/d next year, to settle at 99.5 mb/d on average. It should be 100.6 mb/d in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the IEA. The peak in global demand was reached in the fourth quarter of 2019, just before the outbreak of the crisis, at 100.5 mb/d.

10:25 a.m. New financing needs for European airlines. The groups of historical companies (Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, IAG - parent company of British Airways and Iberia -), overwhelmed by their fixed costs including expensive fleets, emerged from the crisis very heavily in debt.

Despite device withdrawals and job cuts, they suffered billions of euros in losses in 2020, and have “continued to consume” cash since the start of 2021, notes Bertrand Mouly-Aigrot, managing director of the specialized firm Archery Strategy Consulting.

“They will still need new capital, it seems inevitable to us,” he adds. According to the International Air Transport Association (Iata), European airlines are expected to suffer total losses of 18 billion euros this year, after 28 billion in 2020.

Air France-KLM, barely recapitalized with the help of the French State, obtained last month from its shareholders a green light to the possibility of raising up to 300% of its current capital - potentially a few billion. The group nevertheless hopes to return to operating profit in the third quarter.

10:14 a.m. In the short term, the European aviation sector is not yet out of the woods, despite the recovery. With the announcement of border reopenings in Europe, air reservations are soaring again, but European companies in the sector, torpedoed by Covid-19, will need more than a good summer to overcome the worst crisis of their history.

All the players in the air transport sector on the Old Continent are seeing this: their customers, after months of obstructions to movement, are flocking in large numbers to get a plane seat for the holidays.

In a context of optimism fueled by the rise of vaccinations, companies are beefing up their programs for countries already open such as Spain and Greece, while pleading for a total lifting of intra-European restrictions.

Without yet recovering the level of 2019, passenger activity could reach 69% of it in Europe in August, according to the most optimistic scenario of the European air traffic monitoring body Eurocontrol, much better than the average for summer 2020 (less than 45%).

9:59 a.m. Euro 2021: football, sun and emotions... it's the return of the bamboche! The French hope to take advantage of the Euro which begins this Friday to commune and find a semblance of normal life. Even if the specter of Covid is still present and could change practices. Read here.

9:46 a.m. South Korea extends its social distancing measures. The government announced on Friday that it had decided to extend its current restrictive measures against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) by three weeks, including the ban on private gatherings of five or more people across the country. This Friday 556 new cases, including 541 local infections, were announced by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

9:34 a.m. In the long term, the airline sector always sees itself higher. After the violent air pocket caused by the health crisis, the global aviation sector expects to resume its ascent in the long term despite societal pressures in Europe inviting people to turn away from the plane to fight against global warming.

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought global air traffic to a halt, which should not return to its pre-crisis level until 2023.

But over 20 years, passenger numbers are expected to almost double, from 4.5 billion passengers in 2019 to nearly 8.5 billion in 2039 - one billion less than projected before the crisis according to Iata forecasts, the International Air Transport Association.

9:05 a.m. UK: GDP up 2.3% in April as restrictions lifted. The United Kingdom recorded growth of 2.3% in April, the fastest monthly increase since July 2020, thanks to the lifting of certain health restrictions, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday.

The increase in gross domestic product (GDP) was fueled by services, with in particular the reopening of restaurants and bars on the terrace and that of non-essential shops and businesses, while industry and construction saw their GDP to decline, specifies the ONS.

April GDP remains 3.7% below its February 2020 level, before the full shock of the pandemic and lockdowns.

8:50 a.m. "To be really protected, you need to have two doses of vaccine," explains Gilles Pialoux.

8:48 a.m. "It's a decline but it's not low tide," says Professor Gilles Pialoux. "We are on parole", continues the head of infectiology at the Tenon hospital in Paris.

8:46 a.m. “We will not be able to do without a vaccination obligation because we are far from the account of collective immunity”, underlines Gilles Pialoux.

8:44 a.m. “We are in a period of uncertainty. We cannot predict what will happen at the end of 2021,” explains Professor Pialoux.

8:42 a.m. "We must not have a summer similar to that of 2020 made of recklessness", insists Gilles Pialoux;

8:36 a.m. "We are focused on the fall because the caregivers are exhausted and very worried about a possible fourth wave", , explains Gilles Pialoux, head of infectiology at Tenon hospital in Paris on BFMTV.

8:29 a.m. "Resuming sport with football in 11 countries is a real symbol of the reopening of borders and countries," says Roxana Maracineanu, Minister Delegate for Sports at France Inter.

8:18 a.m. "France's growth will be higher than that of the euro zone this year," says François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France. "We are forecasting average growth of 4.6% for the euro zone this year and 4.7% for next year," said the Governor of the Banque de France.

7:59 a.m. Japan: the organizers plan to vaccinate the 70,000 volunteers of the Tokyo Games. Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics plan to vaccinate the 70,000 volunteers who will take part, says Tokyo-2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto, with the aim of reducing the risk of infection about six weeks from the start. start of the tests.

7:47 a.m. Japan plans to establish a state of "quasi-emergency" by the start of the Olympics. This is what the daily Mainichi affirms this Friday. A final decision is expected at the end of next week, a few days before the end of the current state of emergency. The Olympics are due to start on July 23.

7:30 a.m. “Our role is to maintain favorable financing conditions for businesses and households with an inflation cap of 2%,”, says François Villeroy of Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France.

7:25 a.m. “The employment situation is improving in France and in Europe,”, explains François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France on Radio Classique. "On the other hand, there are still 15% of the population unemployed or partially unemployed in the euro zone", continues the governor of the Banque de France.

7:16 a.m. Vaccines and climate at the heart of the G7 summit, the first in person since the pandemic. Pandemic and climate emergency: The leaders of the great powers of the G7 seek common answers to the world crises during their first meeting in almost two years this Friday, starting with the redistribution of a billion doses of vaccines against -Covid.

After months of videoconferences, it's the return of discussions around the same table and discreet asides to discuss global issues, with also a reception around Queen Elizabeth II on Friday and a barbecue on the beach on Saturday with wood-fire roasted marshmallows.

Until Sunday, the summit brings together Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in south-west England. It will be the first for US President Joe Biden, on the path to multilateralism after the isolationist years of Donald Trump, as for Mario Draghi and Yoshihide Suga.

6:58 a.m. The G7 promises a billion doses of vaccines for poor countries. London has announced its intention to add 100 million doses to the 500 already promised on the American side by Joe Biden. It is unclear how the remaining 400 million doses will be distributed. Our subject to discover here.

6:45 a.m. Two cases of Covid-19 aboard one of the first cruises in North America since the pandemic. Two individuals tested positive for Covid-19 aboard the Celebrity Millennium, one of the first cruise ships to sail in North America since the start of the pandemic, despite “vaccinated crew and passengers “, announces the Royal Caribbean cruise line in a press release.

"The individuals are asymptomatic, currently in isolation and monitored by our medical team", indicates the company, which claims to be conducting a contact tracing operation and whose ship has left Sint Maarten, the Dutch part of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, June 5.

The two people tested positive during the “compulsory end-of-cruise test”, explains Royal Caribbean, which claims that the passengers had to present proof of vaccination as well as a negative Covid-19 screening less than 72 hours before boarding.

6:40 a.m. Contact case of his wife, Jean Castex is placed in solitary confinement for seven days. The announcement was made by the services of Matignon. Read here.

6:35 a.m. 68 new deaths in France in the past 24 hours. Since the start of the epidemic, 110,299 people have died of Covid-19 in the country.

6:30 a.m. Nearly 15 million people fully vaccinated in France. Since the start of the vaccination campaign, “29,444,218 people have received at least one injection (i.e. 44.0% of the total population and 56.1% of the adult population) and 13,369,751 people have received two injections (i.e. 20.0% of the total population and 25.5% of the adult population)”, indicates the General Directorate of Health, which adds: “14,998,320 people have a complete vaccination schedule. »

6:25 a.m. Hospital pressure continues to drop in France. 13,090 Covid-19 patients are currently hospitalized for Covid-19. They were 15,283 seven days ago. In critical care services, reserved for the most serious cases, the decline also continues. The authorities count 2,245 patients, against 2,326 the day before and 2,677 last week.

6:20 a.m. Fewer than 5,000 new contaminations. In 24 hours, 4,475 new Covid-19 contaminations were recorded in France, compared to 5,557 the day before. On average, 5,127 cases per day have been recorded over the past week, the lowest figure since August 30, 2020.

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