In France, the coronavirus has caused the death of 18,681 people since the start of the pandemic, announced Friday the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon. The number of resuscitation patients and the number of hospitalizations are once again falling.

In France, Covid-19 has caused the death of 18,681 people since the start of the pandemic, or 761 additional deaths in 24 hours, announced Friday the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon. A figure that takes into account hospitals, as well as nursing homes and other medical-social establishments.

For the third consecutive day, the number of people hospitalized because of the coronavirus decreased (-115), and that of people in intensive care, a very followed indicator, fell by 221, specified Jérôme Salomon during his point daily press. "It is a slow but steady decline," he said, emphasizing the need to maintain containment measures and continue barrier gestures.

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