The epidemic is progressing in the country, the authorities have just tightened the screws on Paris and its inner suburbs, and the fear of seeing resuscitation services overwhelmed is beginning to resurface.
This shows whether the epidemiological assessments of Public Health France will be scrutinized with attention in the coming days.
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According to the latest figures published this Monday evening, some 5,084 new cases of Covid-19 contamination have been recorded in the past 24 hours, against 4,069 last Monday.
Sunday, the day the laboratories were closed, SPF had announced 12,565 new cases.
Recall that a record number of new contaminations was reached on Saturday, with 16,972 cases.
The positivity rate of the tests is now displayed at 8.6%, against 7.9% this Sunday.
This indicator has not stopped improving for several weeks.
47 new clusters
As for the human toll, the latest figures released by Public Health France show 69 additional deaths recorded in 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 32,299 victims of the coronavirus in France since the start of the epidemic.
Of this total, 21,518 patients died in hospital services.
Still at the hospital, the health authorities recorded 7,294 new hospitalizations due to Covid-19 over the last seven days.
Of this total, 1,415 patients were treated in the intensive care units.
Since the end of confinement, the evolution of the number of outbreaks of contamination has been closely scrutinized.
According to the report of Public Health France, 47 new outbreaks have been detected in the country.
A total of 1,340 clusters are under investigation.
Among them, 270 homes concern nursing homes.