The spread of the coronavirus continues in the country this Sunday evening.
According to the latest figures published by Public Health France, 16,101 new contaminations have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
The day before, we had almost reached the 27,000 mark.
Health authorities also recorded 46 new deaths linked to the coronavirus in hospital (compared to 54 the day before).
Bringing the total to 21,874 hospital deaths.
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The positivity rate of tests, an indicator to be handled with care, continues its inexorable rise and now stands at 11.5%, against 11% the day before.
Hospital and intensive care beds also continue to fill up.
According to the Geodes data site, 503 new admissions were recorded this Sunday (against 418 last Sunday).
That is to say 8,231 hospitalized in total in France (compared to 6,964).
Nearly 73 patients entered intensive care (compared to 91 last Sunday).
This makes a total of 1,483 cases deemed serious (against 1,335).
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