This brings the total death toll to 28,771, including 18,444 in hospitals, not counting deaths in nursing homes. Furthermore, the number of patients in intensive care continues to decrease.
The coronavirus epidemic has resulted in 57 new deaths in hospitals in the past 24 hours in France, where the number of patients in intensive care continues to fall, according to the report released on Saturday by the Directorate General of Health.
This brings the total death toll to 28,771, including 18,444 in hospitals, but the figures for deaths in social and medico-social establishments (nursing homes) will only be updated on Tuesday, the statement clarified.
“1,325 patients with a severe form of Covid-19 are hospitalized in intensive care,” according to the statement, which is 36 fewer compared to Friday’s report.
