A doctor talks with a Coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit at Purpan Hospital.
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The figures are still not reassuring: 11,533 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the last 24 hours, well above the government target of 5,000 cases per day, according to figures from Public Health France made public Sunday evening.
The number of hospitalizations up slightly
The number of patients in intensive care (the most serious cases) is 2,871, almost stable compared to the day before.
This indicator, useful for assessing the pressure on hospital services, had fallen below the 3,000 mark on Thursday for the first time since the end of October.
France has 25,239 patients hospitalized for Covid-19, a figure that is slightly higher.
On Friday and Saturday, that statistic had dropped below 25,000 for the first time since November 1.
Official mortality statistics show 150 deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total since the start of the epidemic to 57,911, including 39,975 in hospital.
Curfew from Tuesday
Tuesday, December 15, marks the end of the second confinement, in effect since October 30.
A curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. will replace it.
On October 29, President Emmanuel Macron affirmed that "our long-term objective is simple: to reduce contamination very strongly, from 40,000 contaminations per day to 5,000".
But excluding the figures published on Monday, generally much lower due to the few tests carried out on Sunday, France has never fallen below 8,000 new cases per day since this speech.
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