7157 positive cases were confirmed in 24 hours, according to the daily report published by the public health agency on its website, a number comparable to the previous day’s level (7,017). The test positivity rate (the proportion of the number of people testing positive compared to the total number of people tested) continues its increase, at 4.4% compared to 4.3% on Wednesday.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care continues to rise, with 18 additional people bringing the total to 464. Generally stable around 400 people last week, this figure had already increased by 15 people on Tuesday. However, it is far from the peak reached on April 8, with 7,148 Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care.
In 24 hours, 20 additional patients died in France, bringing the total number of deaths to 30,706 since the beginning of the epidemic, adds Santé publique France.
