This is less than the weekend, when the country reported over 10,000 new cases on Saturday and over 7,000 on Sunday.
Monday’s figures, which count Sunday’s cases, generally show a slowdown compared to the figures of other days, due to the closure of laboratories, for example.
The positivity rate (the proportion of positive individuals compared to the total number of people tested) slightly decreases to 5.3%, and 34 people have died in hospitals over the past 24 hours, according to the health agency.
The number of patients entering intensive care has increased again, with 448 new patients hospitalized over the last seven days, which is 21 more in 24 hours.
Thirty-nine new clusters have also been detected, a decrease from the previous day (66 the day before).
Since the start of the epidemic in France six months ago, 30,950 people have died from COVID-19.
