France has 103,603 deaths linked to Covid-19 on Tuesday since the outbreak of the epidemic in our country.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care has dropped back below 6,000 but still remains very close to this level.
More than 30,280 people are still hospitalized because of the disease.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care fell back to below 6,000 on Tuesday, a level around which it has been evolving for 15 days, according to figures published by Public Health France.
Critical care services (which bring together resuscitation, intensive care and continuous monitoring) numbered 5,943 people, or 58 fewer patients compared to the last assessment, with 484 new patients admitted in the last 24 hours.
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The bar of 6,000 people has been around since April 12
Since April 12, the number of Covid-19 patients has been close to 6,000 patients.
A figure below the peak of the first wave in April 2020 (around 7,000) but higher than that of the second wave in the fall (4,900).
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Since the start of the epidemic, 103,603 people have died from Covid-19 in the country.
Tuesday, 347 deaths were reported, this figure including disappearances in hospital but also in nursing homes and other medico-social establishments.
The total number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized was 30,281 on Tuesday against 30,596 on Monday.
In the last 24 hours, 2,109 people have been hospitalized against 1,944 in the previous 24 hours.