324 coronavirus patients have died in hospital in the past 24 hours, a figure slightly lower than the previous toll.

The number of patients in intensive care also continues to decrease.

In total, 54,140 people have died in France since the start of the epidemic.

The epidemic situation continues to improve slightly.

According to the latest official figures, the reflux continues in France in intensive care units, with 63 fewer patients registered.

More broadly, the number of patients hospitalized with a positive coronavirus diagnosis has also decreased slightly.

The coronavirus is the cause of 324 deaths in the last 24 hours, a figure also on the decline, which brings the total toll to 54,140 deaths in France. 

Most indicators falling

In intensive care units throughout France, there are 3,425 covid patients on Thursday against 3,478 on Wednesday.

The number of people hospitalized with a Covid-19 diagnosis decreased slightly, to 26,703 against 27,013 the day before, after a peak of more than 33,000 patients reached on November 16.

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The number of cases in 24 hours stands at 12,696, or 2,257,331 officially recorded since the start of the epidemic.

The positivity rate of the tests is 10.8%, the same rate as the day before.

In total, 54,140 people have died since the start of the epidemic, including 324 more in 24 hours in hospital, according to the report drawn up Thursday evening.