Still nearly 8,000 coronavirus contaminations confirmed in one day.
In detail, 7,852 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, according to figures released Tuesday by Public Health France.
Just a week ago, the number of new infections in 24 hours was 6,544.
No notable change to note for the test positivity rate (the proportion of the number of people who tested positive to the total number of people tested).
It stands at 5.4%, which means that about one in 20 people tested are positive.
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Covid-19: the situation live
117 intensive care admissions in 24 hours
In one day, 68 new clusters were identified in the country.
In all, 866 clusters are under investigation, including 121 in nursing homes.
These epidemic foci include "at least three confirmed or probable cases, in a period of seven days", according to the definition given by Public Health France.
82 departments are now in a situation of moderate or high vulnerability.
In hospitals, the number of intensive care admissions in 24 hours is once again over 100 (117).
A total of 642 people had to be hospitalized during the past day.
Since the start of the epidemic in France, 30,999 people have died from Covid-19, including 20,471 in hospitals and 10,528 in social and medico-social establishments, such as nursing homes.
