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Covid: nearly 20,000 hospitalizations in France, and more than 3,600 intensive care patients

The rise in hospitalizations in France continues. On Monday January 3, 2022, 19,606 covid-19 patients were hospitalized in France, 563 more than in the previous 24 hours. A further 3,654 patients are currently in intensive care.

Covid: eight to twelve “very intense” weeks in hospitals, nurses say

In Île-de-France, the new surge in the Covid-19 epidemic amid the third wave is being noticed in the region’s hospitals, so much the pressure on intensive care units reaches the same admission peaks as the first two waves. Exhausted, nurses warn about the exceptional length of the very intense activity in hospitals, “for eight to twelve weeks”, Pr. Stéphane Gaudry says.

Coronavirus: younger sick hospitalized in ICU, clear increase in admissions

As the positive effect of vaccination starts being noticeable in nursing homes, more and more young people are hospitalized in intensive care units. There are even twice as many of patients under 50, and without comorbidities since January 2021. Over the past eight days, the phenomenon has been increasing, so much that the regional health authorities and the government are highly concerned.

Coronavirus: the white plan reactivated in Île-de-France hospitals

As 40% of ICU beds in Île-de-France are currently occupied by Covid patients, Ile-de-France health agency director general Aurélien Rousseau says on Twitter he “asked heads of the regional health facilities to set the white plan off to unite their resources and anticipate the days to come”.