France sees further improvement in key Covid indicators

Paris, Dec 2 : France on Tuesday saw its daily coronavirus cases fall below 10,000 for the third day in a row while coronavirus-related hospitalisation maintained a running slowdown, official data showed.
Another 8,083 people tested positive for Covid-19 in a 24-hour span, bringing France’s total number of coronavirus cases to 2,230,571, the world’s fifth biggest tally, after the US, India, Brazil and Russia, Xinhua news agency reported.
A further 363 Covid-19 patients in hospitals had succumbed to the disease in one day, fewer than Monday’s 406. Adding the number of deaths reported in nursing homes, the combined fatalities stood at 775 in one day, bringing the cumulative death toll to 53,506 since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in France.
Hospital admissions fell by 619 to 27,639. A total of 3,605 Covid-19 patients were in intensive care, down by 146 over the last 24 hours, consolidating an improvement in the epidemic situation.
Last week, President Emmanuel Macron said that the peak of the pandemic’s second wave had passed in France, allowing gradual easing of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown which was imposed on October 30.
Starting on November 28, non-essential shops in France are allowed to reopen until 9 p.m. and under strict health conditions. Outdoor exercises are allowed for up to three hours a day, and people can go up to 20 km from their homes.