Contaminations seem to be on the decline in recent days.
Some 23,794 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in the past 24 hours in France, this Friday.
The day before, this figure rose to 33,172 people tested positive, against more than 35,000 the day before.
The test positivity rate is 17.7%.
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The health authorities also record 467 additional deaths due to Covid-19, against 425 on Thursday.
In total, 43,427 people have died from Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic in France, including 30,164 in hospitals.
4887 patients in intensive care
In the last 24 hours, 473 people have been admitted to intensive care for a total number of patients which stood at 4,887 this Friday, against 4,884 Thursday, for 7,700 beds currently available, as announced by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran , at a press conference.
In total, 32,676 patients are currently hospitalized in France for a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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