In France, 8,550 new coronavirus contaminations were recorded this Saturday by Public Health France.
This is slightly less than the day before: Friday, the Directorate General of Health had recorded 8,975 new infections in 24 hours, a record.
France now has 317,706 since the start of the epidemic.
On its site, Public Health France also counts 484 new clusters, including 53 since the day before and 208 in nursing homes.
The test positivity rate is 4.7% on average, against 4.5% the day before and 4.3% Wednesday, also reveals the health agency.
60 departments in vulnerable situations
In France, the Covid-19 has killed 30,698 people, including 20,222 in hospitals.
That's 12 more than the day before.
On the hospital front, there are 1661 new admissions this Saturday for a week, for nearly 4600 hospitalizations in total.
Among these patients, 285 are in intensive care.
To date, 61 departments are considered to be in a situation of moderate or high vulnerability.
Among them, 23 are considered red, recalls Public Health France.
On Friday, the Directorate General of Health recalled the importance of wearing a mask and other barrier gestures to limit new contaminations.
“Studies show that the risk of transmission goes from high when talking in a closed, poorly ventilated place where distances are difficult to maintain, to a low risk of transmission when wearing a mask.
The same is true outdoors, when there is great promiscuity, ”she insisted.