Coronavirus: More than 27,000 new cases and 266 in 24 hours (Illustration) -
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In the last twenty-four hours, 27,166 new cases of Covid-19 contamination have been confirmed, a number in decline after having exceeded 30,000 on Wednesday, according to data published Thursday by Public Health France.
The test positivity rate remained stable at 7.3%.
On the other hand, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran specified during his weekly update on the epidemic that the number of patients in intensive care had exceeded the 4,000 mark, a first since the end of November.
89,856 dead since the start of the epidemic
In addition, 266 new deaths were recorded in hospitals according to Public Health France, bringing the total since the start of the epidemic to at least 89,856 deaths, including 64,612 in hospital.
In addition, the Directorate General of Health reported 285,911 new vaccine injections in the last twenty-four hours, a record level since the launch of the vaccination campaign in France as highlighted by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
A total of 4,544,897 people have received a first dose, and 2,164,978 are vaccinated with two doses.
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