The latest report from the Directorate General of Health reports 30,223 deaths linked to the coronavirus in France as of Tuesday evening, including 19,708 in hospital and 10,515 in retirement homes. Viral circulation "is still sustained in France", with a reproduction rate R of 1.3.

The coronavirus epidemic continues in France, after killing 30,223, according to the latest report from the Directorate General of Health published Tuesday evening. Indeed, "viral circulation is still sustained" in the country, underlines the DGS, which recalls that the reproduction rate, the famous R, is now at 1.3. "Every day, more than a hundred people sick with Covid-19 are admitted to hospital".

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Hospitalizations and resuscitation down

Nothing to do, however, with the peak of the epidemic at the beginning of April. As proof, the number of hospitalized patients continues to drop and stood at 5,551 people on Tuesday evening. The intensive care services, too, see their occupation reduced, with 385 patients. In detail, 19,708 people died in hospital and 10,515 in social and medico-social establishments. This last figure has been revised downwards since it was last updated, due to statistical corrections.