The French Public Health agency published this Sunday evening the key figures of the Covid-19 epidemic, and takes stock of the hospital response currently at work.
The Covid-19 epidemic killed 198 people in hospital in 24 hours, up from 213 on Saturday, a stable trend far from recent peaks.
The total number of deaths in France since the start of the epidemic now stands at 52,325.
The highest number of deaths recorded in 24 hours in a hospital setting, during the second wave, was 551 on November 9.
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The number of hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 is stable, with 28,284 individuals concerned (against 28,139 Saturday and 28,620 Friday), after a peak of more than 33,000 patients on November 16.
Hospitals now have 3,744 patients in intensive care (compared to 3,765 Saturday and 3,871 Friday), with 102 new admissions over 24 hours (122 Saturday).
Slightly less than 10,000 (9,784) new cases of contamination have been recorded in the past 24 hours, far from the peaks of 60,000 cases in early November.
The positivity rate (proportion of the number of positive people compared to the total number of people tested), fell a little further, to 11.1% (11.4% Saturday, 11.7% Friday, 12.2% Thursday and 13% Wednesday).
These figures were noted as small and large businesses, deemed non-essential since the re-containment, reopened on Saturday and restrictions on personal travel were eased.
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Regarding the evolution of the coronavirus in Europe and the rest of the world, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control reports 62,271,031 confirmed cases since December 31, 2019, with 1,453,531 deaths, including 319,712 in Europe.
