Figures under surveillance.
Santé Publique France recorded six new deaths this Sunday due to Covid-19, as well as a slight increase in patients treated in hospital and in intensive care.
In total, 6,843 patients infected with the new coronavirus are treated in hospital.
They were 6,787 on Saturday, and 6,936 last Sunday.
Of this number, 886 patients are hospitalized in critical care, against 878 on Saturday, and 891 on Sunday.
Public Health France also counted 6 hospital deaths this Sunday, bringing the total of deaths to 111,644 since the start of the epidemic in France.
More than 4.1 million deaths worldwide
Worldwide, the pandemic has killed more than 4.1 million people since the end of December 2019, according to an assessment established by AFP from official sources on Sunday at noon.
The United States is the country with the highest death toll, 610,850, followed by Brazil (549,448), India (420,551), Mexico (238,316) and Peru (195,795).
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The WHO estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that which is officially established.