The exact number of confirmed cases in the last 24 hours is 10,561, compared to 9,406 on Friday, with the positive test rate remaining stable at 5.4%.
In the last 24 hours, 17 people have died in hospitals due to covid-19.
Patients admitted to Intensive Care Units also increased, with 417 new patients hospitalized in the last seven days, of which 28 were in the last 24 hours.
In total, 30,910 people have died of covid-19 since the pandemic began in France six months ago, and 10 million tests have been carried out.
Faced with a “manifest deterioration” of the situation, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Friday a reduction of the isolation period to seven days for positive cases and their contacts.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed at least 916,372 deaths and more than 28.5 million cases of infection in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.
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