Coronavirus Year End Update

Coronavirus Year End Update

Today, in France:

- 3.5% of the population currently has Covid-19

- 0.1% have died from Covid-19

- daily new cases are still above 10,000

- daily deaths are still nearly 500

Before our second confinement, hospitals were at or nearly at capacity, all across France. Our local hospital had nearly 100 Covid patients.

The goal of the second confinement was to consistently have fewer than 5,000 new cases per day - obviously, this wasn't met. The good news is that the number still dropped significantly. So our confinement was slightly eased, but not as much as hoped. 

And of course, the best news is that the vaccine is here! They've started in the nursing homes in Paris, and they'll start here next week! There are different schedules published, so we aren't sure whether we'll get ours in April or in June/July. Still, it's in sight!

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In Sète, as of today, 83 patients have died in the Sète hospital (Bassin de Thau) from Covid-19, just in the second wave. Three died in the last week. The average age of these patients is 83 years.

This week, 13 new patients were admitted, making 19 patients hospitalized, including 6 in ICU. 

Since the start of the 2nd wave, 442 Covid patients have been taken care of.

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Worldometer

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france/