Days go by and the number of new cases of people infected with covid-19 is still counting in the thousands.
This Monday, the latest figures released by Public Health France show 5,298 new contaminations.
A level much lower than the count made on Sunday (10,569).
It is also less than the number of new cases recorded last Monday (6,158 new contaminations).
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The test positivity rate now stands at 5.9%, continuing to rise steadily.
Sunday, Public Health France raised a rate of 5.7%.
Since the start of the epidemic, at least 31,338 deaths have been recorded in the country.
Since Sunday, 53 additional deaths have been recorded.
Of this total, 20,778 are to be deplored in hospitals.
Every day, the figures published by Public Health France also include the number of clusters identified in the country.
This Monday, the total number of clusters being identified in the country is 1,077, of which 178 have been identified in nursing homes.
