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  • According to the Regional Health Agency (ARS), the rate of new positive cases in the capital exceeded 250 per 100,000 on Tuesday evening, reaching 259.6.

  • 404 people were hospitalized in the capital for Covid-19 on Tuesday, including 94 in intensive care.

  • Further measures could be taken if the situation continues to deteriorate.

Paris, soon in a "maximum alert zone" like Marseille?

For the moment, the situation is deteriorating and the incidence rate continues to climb.

According to the Regional Health Agency (ARS), this rate, which indicates the number of new positive cases, exceeded in the capital this Tuesday evening, 250 per 100,000, reaching 259.6, In addition, it exceeds 100 for 100,000, with 132.9 in Paris, and 94.5 on average in Ile-de-France, on the side of the elderly population.

According to the latest data from Public Health France, 404 people were hospitalized in the capital for Covid-19 on Tuesday, including 94 in intensive care.

Covid patients now represent 30% of the proportion of patients admitted to intensive care.

A threshold that must not be exceeded.

If the coronavirus continues to progress at the current rate, the Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency predicts that within a month, 60% of the 1,200 resuscitation beds in the region will be occupied, we explained here.

What consequences?

"We are heading straight for new restrictions"

“On the various criteria of the government to pass in the scarlet zone, we exceeded two, explained this Wednesday morning on franceinfo, Anne Souyris, assistant to the City of Paris in charge of health.

In the intensive care unit, we are a little below 30% in Paris, but barely.

And we know that at 30%, that means that we find ourselves in a situation where we have to choose who we are going to be able to put in intensive care.

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The Paris police headquarters could therefore soon take more restrictive measures.

“I am very worried about the future.

We are heading straight for new restrictions and periods of reconfinement ”, concedes Anne Souyris, to the Parisian

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In Marseille, bars and restaurants have closed their doors while in Paris still "enhanced alert zone" bars have since Monday evening to close their doors at 10 pm.

And this, unlike restaurants, which can remain open.

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