The Covid-19 epidemic continues to progress in France, despite a slight decrease in the number of new cases for several days now.
20,701 contaminations have been detected in the last 24 hours, according to data from Public Health France this Friday, February 12.
In total, 3,427,386 people have been detected positive since the start of the epidemic in France.
The positivity rate remains stable at 6.1%.
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320 individuals died of the disease between Thursday and Friday, bringing the total death toll to 81,448 victims, including 57,449 in hospital.
10,079 patients have been admitted to hospital in the past seven days, including 1,767 in intensive care units.
The curve of hospitalized people.
Ministry of Health
In favor of these slightly declining figures, but still important, the government communicated on the latest vaccination figures.
2,220,762 people have received a first dose of vaccine since the start of the campaign on December 26, or 3.3% of the total population and 4.2% of the adult population.
617,715 second injections were performed.
