More than 7,000 new cases of coronavirus were detected in 24 hours, down from the previous two days, when the number of new cases approached 9,000.
In all, nearly 25,000 new cases were detected in 3 days.
More than 7,000 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in 24 hours in France, a figure down from the previous two days, when it was close to 9,000 cases per day, according to data released Sunday by Public Health France (SPF ).
7,071 positive cases have been confirmed since Saturday, according to the SPF website.
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Friday, the number of contaminations in 24 hours had peaked at 8,975 cases, a record since the start of the epidemic and large-scale tests in France, and on Saturday, 8,550 cases had still been recorded.
If the number of positive cases has therefore decreased compared to the previous two days, in all, nearly 25,000 new cases were detected in 3 days.
58 new "clusters" in 24 hours
In addition, 58 new "clusters" were detected in 24 hours, out of a total of 528 under investigation, including 214 in nursing homes.
The positivity rate (share of positive cases, among all people tested over 7 days) continues to increase at the same time: it reached 4.9% on Sunday, against 4.3% in the middle of the week.
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Finally, 3 additional deaths have been recorded in hospitals over the past 24 hours, or 20,225 in all.
Including the deaths in nursing homes and other social and medico-social establishments, the total toll since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic in France now stands at 30,701 deaths.
The number of patients currently in intensive care has not been specified by SPF, but the organization indicates that 1,704 new hospitalizations have taken place over the last seven days, including 288 for serious cases in reactivity.