Monaco recorded more than 50 new positive tests for coronavirus for the third day running on Friday, December 17, with 56 new cases.

Sixty new cases were reported on Thursday, and 63 on Wednesday.

Thirty residents were declared fully-recovered on Friday.

Fourteen patients with coronavirus symptoms are being treated at Princess Grace Hospital. One of the seven residents in hospital is in intensive care.

Most new cases are relatively mild, and the number of residents with such symptoms recovering at home has hit a new high, of 242.