The number of deaths caused in 24 hours by a coronavirus infection went back above the 400 mark this Monday evening for the first time since November.
404 people died from the consequences of Covid-19 in 24 hours, announces Public Health France (SPF) this evening.
70,686 people have died in France since the start of the epidemic.
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3,736 new cases are also announced this evening by the health authorities, a figure which, like every Monday, is well below average because the analysis laboratories close on weekends.
Over the past seven days, the average of new daily cases is over 18,000.
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Stable at 6.5% at the end of last week, the test positivity rate has increased slightly since yesterday, to 6.6%.
The number of new hospitalizations as well as the entries of serious cases in the intensive care unit have also been increasing in recent days, a sign that the health situation is tending to deteriorate in France.
