According to the latest figures published Tuesday evening, 10,489 new cases of Covid-19 contamination have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
Recall that a record number of new contaminations was reached on Saturday, with 16,972 cases.
The test positivity rate is now 9% against 8.6% on Monday and 8.2 on Sunday.
This indicator has not stopped improving for several weeks.
In the past 24 hours, 65 sick deaths have succumbed to Covid-19, bringing the total toll to 32,365 the number of victims of the coronavirus in France, including 21,580 in hospital.
The health authorities recorded 829 new hospitalizations on Tuesday due to Covid-19 The total number of people hospitalized was 7,377. Among these patients 1,417 were placed in intensive care.
At the peak of the epidemic, in early April, more than 7,000 patients were hospitalized in intensive care, sometimes with 400 admissions per day.
Public health France
At the hospital, the health authorities recorded 829 new hospitalizations due to Covid-19. The total number of people hospitalized is 7,377. Among these patients, 1,417 are in intensive care.
In Ile-de-France, more than 40% of intensive care beds are already occupied by Covid-19 patients
At the peak of the epidemic, in early April, more than 7,000 patients were hospitalized in intensive care, with sometimes 400 admissions per day.
The current national capacity of resuscitation beds is around 5,000.
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