198 people have died from the coronavirus in hospital in the past 24 hours, according to the report from Public Health France published on Sunday.
The trend is stable, far from recent peaks, and the positivity rate is declining a little further.
The Covid-19 epidemic killed 198 people in hospital in 24 hours, up from 213 on Saturday, a stable trend far from recent peaks, according to data from Public Health France on Sunday.
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The total number of deaths in France since the start of the epidemic now stands at 52,325.
The highest number of deaths recorded in 24 hours in a hospital setting, during the second wave, was 551 on November 9.
The number of hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 is stable
The number of hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 is stable, with 28,284 individuals concerned (against 28,139 Saturday and 28,620 Friday), after a peak of more than 33,000 patients on November 16.
Hospitals now have 3,744 intensive care patients (against 3,765 on Saturday and 3,871 on Friday), with 102 new admissions over 24 hours (122 on Saturday).
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Slightly less than 10,000 (9,784) new cases of contamination have been recorded in the last 24 hours, far from the peaks of 60,000 cases in early November.
The positivity rate is declining
The positivity rate (proportion of the number of positive people compared to the total number of people tested), fell a little further, to 11.1% (11.4% Saturday, 11.7% Friday, 12.2% Thursday and 13% Wednesday).
These figures were noted as small and large businesses, deemed non-essential since the re-containment, reopened on Saturday and restrictions on personal travel were eased.