In total, more than 3 million cases have been detected in France since the start of the pandemic.
This Saturday in the early evening, Public health France in its latest report that 23,924 new cases and 321 deaths were recorded this last day in hospital. As of Friday evening, the death toll in the space of 24 hours stood at 323 individuals.
The positivity rate of people tested in France was 7.1% this Saturday, against 7% on Friday, the highest since early December.
Stable hospitalizations
The exact number of people hospitalized in France due to Covid-19 disease stood at 25,864 on Saturday, a level almost unchanged from the day before (25,872). Hospital admissions in the past 24 hours were 1,174 (1,861 the day before), according to the figures.
Among these patients, 2,886 were in intensive care units (where the most serious cases are received), against 2,902 on Friday. 172 patients have been transferred to a sheave over the past 24 hours, compared to 270 the day before.
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