Here's the latest coronavirus update from France From CNN's Eva Tapiero

 

Here's the latest coronavirus update from France

From CNN's Eva Tapiero

Healthcare workers in Saint Joseph hospital's intensive care unit in Marseille, France, on November 20. Jeremy Suyker/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The number of coronavirus patients hospitalized and in intensive care units in France has continued to decline since Nov. 17, according to figures released by the French Health Agency on Friday. 

There are currently 28,620 Covid-19 patients in France’s hospitals, a decrease of 662 from Thursday.

In addition, the number of patients in intensive care units is down by 695 from last Friday’s figures. There are now 3,871 Covid-19 patients in intensive care units.

Data released also shows the positivity rate of people tested for Covid-19 over the past seven days keeps decreasing with 11.7% on Friday, compared to almost 18% two weeks ago.

France registered 12,459 new coronavirus cases Friday, bringing the total to 2,196,119.