Covid in France, 192 people have died in the last 24 hours and 11,308 new infections of covid-19. Santé France makes it known. THE hospitalized rose to 12,096 compared to 11,526 yesterday. There are 2,191 patients in intensive care, of which 307 admitted in the last 24 hours. Last Monday the infections were 8,279 and Monday 22 November 5,266. the test positivity rate is 6.5%. The incidence is 430.6 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, according to data from Santé France reported by the media. The pace is of a retail inmate in the countryHealth Minister Olivier Veran said, stating that “the Omicron variant is much more contagious than the Delta”. Explaining that in France the circulation of the coronavirus is now higher than that of the peak recorded during the third wave, that ” the virus circulates too much ”, Veran spoke of over 12 thousand Covid patients hospitalized at a rate of one patient per minute. It is necessary ” to slow down, slow down, slow down ” the spread of the coronavirus and the Omicron variant ” which could cause a wave within the wave ”.
Speaking of Omicron, the French health minister said that ”it appears that this variant is more contagious, even more contagious than the Delta variant, which in turn is more contagious than the previous ones. For the moment, nothing tells us that it is more dangerous, which would be good news. As for the impact on vaccination, for the moment nothing justifies a change in the vaccination strategy ”.
Eighty children hospitalized for consequences of the coronavirus, including 15 in intensive care, the minister then announced, reiterating the need to vaccinate even the smallest children against Covid-19. “Parents who wish to vaccinate their children” against the coronavirus should be offered this opportunity, Veran said. If the health authorities give their green light, the vaccination of children will be possible from 20 December.
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