Coronavirus: 61,702 dead in France, more than 11,700 positive cases in 24 hours

According to the latest figures published Tuesday evening, 61,702 people have died from the coronavirus in France since the start of the epidemic.

The number of positive Covid-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours is 11,795, well above the target that had been set at one time by the government.

Since the start of the epidemic in France, 61,702 people have died from the coronavirus in France, including 802 deaths reported on Tuesday, according to figures from Public Health France.

The deaths reported on Tuesday include those which occurred in nursing homes and other medico-social establishments in the past few days.

In total, 11,795 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded by Santé Publique France, well beyond the target of around 5,000 that had been set for some time by the government.

The organization stresses that the figure indicated is "minimal and not consolidated because of difficulties identified in the feedback of test results".

In total, 2,490,946 cases of coronavirus have been identified since the start of the epidemic in France.

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The number of hospitalizations and resuscitations down

For several days, the authorities have been worried about a "worrying" resumption of the epidemic, on the eve of the end of the year holidays.

As of Monday, more than 1,700 new admissions (1,776) have been recorded in the last 24 hours at the hospital because of the Covid-19.

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The number of patients with Covid-19 currently hospitalized is 24,964 (or 269 less than Sunday) and 2,728 patients are in intensive care (18 less than the day before), according to data from Public Health France.