More than 7,000 new Covid-19 cases were detected in 24 hours in France, a figure lower than the two previous days, when it was close to 9,000 cases per day, according to data published on Sunday by Santé Publique France (SPF). 7,071 positive cases have been confirmed since Saturday, according to SPF’s website.
On Friday, the number of infections in 24 hours peaked at 8,975 cases, a record since the beginning of the epidemic and large-scale testing in France, and on Saturday, 8,550 cases were still recorded. While the number of positive cases has thus decreased compared to the previous two days, a total of nearly 25,000 new cases have been detected in 3 days. Additionally, 58 new “clusters” have been identified since Saturday, out of a total of 528 under investigation, including 214 in nursing homes.
The positivity rate (percentage of positive cases among all people tested over 7 days) continues to increase in parallel: it reached 4.9% on Sunday, compared to 4.3% mid-week. Finally, 3 additional deaths have been recorded in hospitals over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 20,225.
Including deaths that occurred in nursing homes and other social and medico-social establishments, the total death toll since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic in France now stands at 30,701 deaths.
The number of patients currently in intensive care was not specified by SPF, but the agency indicates that 1,704 new hospitalizations have taken place over the past seven days, including 288 for severe cases in intensive care.
