A little over 3,000 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded over the past 24 hours, Public Health France (SPF) announced on Monday, a figure lower than those of previous days. The increase in cases had been stronger in recent days, with a peak of more than 7,000 on Friday, and around 5,400 on Saturday and Sunday.
Monday’s figures, which count cases from Sunday, generally show a slowdown compared to the figures from other days, due to the closure of laboratories, for example. The test positivity rate (number of positive cases divided by the number of people tested) continues to rise: it has reached 4.2% over the past seven days, compared to 4.1% on Sunday, 4% on Saturday, and 3.6% on Wednesday.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, 30,635 people have died in France, which is 29 more in 24 hours, including 20,128 in hospitals and 10,507 (as of August 27, the latest known figure) in social and medico-social establishments, including nursing homes. The number of outbreak clusters under investigation, meanwhile, has increased by 16 in 24 hours, to 357, still according to SPF.
The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care has increased by 7 people, to 409.
