Over 14,000 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in 24 hours in France, a slightly lower figure compared to the last two days.
In the past seven days, 4,102 new hospitalizations have been recorded, including 763 severe cases in intensive care, compared to 747 in the seven days ending Friday.
The number of new cases was 14,412 in the last 24 hours, compared to some 16,000 cases each day, on Friday and Thursday. However, the positivity rate continues its steady increase. The percentage of infected people among those tested is 7.2%, according to Saturday’s figure. The rate was 6.9% on Friday, 6.5% on Thursday, 6.2% on Wednesday, and 5.4% last week.
While new restrictive measures have been announced this week to try to curb the epidemic, 39 people have died in the last 24 hours – compared to 56 in the previous 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, at least 31,700 people have died from coronavirus-related causes, including 21,034 in hospitals. At the same time, 1,183 clusters of the epidemic are under investigation, which is over 58 in twenty-four hours.
