The Directorate General of Health communicated Friday evening a new assessment of the coronavirus epidemic in France, with 30,004 dead since the start of the crisis. The number of people in intensive care is also falling, which confirms an epidemic ebb.

France has registered 25 new deaths linked to Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the epidemic to 30,004, the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced on Friday. At the same time, the number of patients with Covid-19 in intensive care continues to drop, with 496 patients concerned, 16 fewer than on Thursday. In detail, "19,528 people died in hospitals. The latest report released Tuesday for social and medico-social establishments reported 10,476 deaths.

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Decrease in hospitalizations

The number of people hospitalized has decreased: 7,062 people were hospitalized for a coronavirus infection according to the assessment on Friday, against 7.177 according to the assessment on Thursday, which shows a ebb of the epidemic on the national level.

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In addition, the circulation of the virus in Guyana remains "worrying", underlines the ministry. "Health authorities are mobilized to slow the spread of the epidemic, identify clusters and break the chains of contamination," said the DGS.