408 new deaths from the coronavirus have been recorded at the hospital in 24 hours, but the pressure on the hospital system continues to gradually decrease.

The intensive care unit counted 3,739 Covid patients on Monday against 3,871 on Friday. 

The coronavirus epidemic has killed 408 in hospital in 24 hours, and the pressure on the hospital system continues to decline slowly, according to data from Public Health France on Monday.

This assessment is up compared to the weekend (198 deaths Sunday, 213 Saturday), a difference generally due to a catch-up effect of the counting of deaths at the beginning of the week. 

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The overall toll of the number of deaths in France since the start of the epidemic now stands at 52,731, details the site of Public Health France (SpF).

The highest 24-hour death toll in Wave 2 is 551, recorded on November 9.

The number of hospitalizations is stable

The pressure also continues to slowly ease on hospitals: the intensive care units counted 3,739 Covid patients on Monday (against 3,744 Sunday, 3,765 Saturday and 3,871 Friday), with 196 new admissions over 24 hours.

The number of hospitalizations linked to Covid is stable, amounting to 28,229 patients against 28,284 the day before (28,139 Saturday, 28,260 Friday), after a peak of more than 33,000 patients reached on November 16.

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4,005 new cases

Some 4,005 new cases of contamination have been recorded in the last 24 hours, far, again, from peaks of 60,000 cases at the beginning of the month, specifies the health agency.

The start of the week numbers are still bottoming out as fewer tests are done on Sunday.

The positivity rate (proportion of the number of positive people compared to the total number of people tested) continues to decline, to 10.9% (11.1% Sunday, 11.4% Saturday, 11.7% Friday).