Health authorities indicate Thursday, December 3 that 12,696 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in the past 24 hours.
The test positivity rate stands at 10.7%, a figure that has been falling for several days.
326 people have died in hospital since yesterday, bringing the death toll to 54,140 in the country since the start of the epidemic.
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The number of people hospitalized also continues to decline with 26,703 patients (against 27,013 Wednesday and 27,639 Tuesday), including 3,425 in intensive care. Since yesterday, 1,448 Covid patients have been hospitalized and 184 have been admitted to intensive care. According to Public Health France, 3,240 clusters under investigation, including 1,422 in nursing homes.