The number of hospital deaths caused by Covid-19 was once again down on Saturday, with a total of 216 deaths, and other health data also indicate, for the moment, a slight decline in the epidemic, according to figures published by Public Health France.
The number of new confirmed cases of contamination over the last 24 hours was 12,923, compared to 11,221 the previous day.
Hospitals had 3,220 patients in intensive care or critical care units, including 125 admissions in the last 24 hours, according to figures released Saturday by Public Health France.
Across all services, 26,040 hospital beds were occupied by Covid patients, including 1,019 arrivals in the last 24 hours. A week ago, hospitals had 28,139 Covid patients. The positivity rate (the proportion of positive individuals compared to the total number of people tested) remained stable compared to the previous day, at 10.7%. It was 11.4% a week ago.
