A caregiver at the Franco-British hospital in Levallois-Perret, April 9, 2020. -

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The number of Covid-19 patients currently hospitalized in intensive care in France increased slightly on Tuesday, to 1,417, or 8 patients more than the day before, according to official figures.

In the past 24 hours, 168 new patients with the most severe form of the disease had to be admitted to an intensive care unit, according to the daily report from the French public health agency.

The current national capacity of resuscitation beds is around 5,000.

A total of 7,377 patients are currently hospitalized for Covid-19, including 829 who were admitted in the last 24 hours.

40% of intensive care beds occupied by Covid patients

Hospital indicators are important for monitoring the evolution of the epidemic, since the main issue is to prevent hospitals, particularly intensive care units, from being overwhelmed by a massive influx of patients.

At the peak of the epidemic, in early April, more than 7,000 patients were hospitalized in intensive care, sometimes with 400 admissions per day.

In addition, 65 people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, bringing the total of deaths since the start of the epidemic to 32,364.

The Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency also indicated on Tuesday that the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care units by patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in the region continued to increase, to 40 , 1% against 37% Monday.

This represents 449 people admitted to intensive care units, out of 2,393 Covid-19 patients hospitalized in the most populous region of France (12 million inhabitants).

A new health protocol implemented in Paris

An occupancy rate of resuscitation beds greater than 30% across the region is one of the three criteria established by the health authorities to place a department in a maximum alert zone.

The second is an incidence rate (new cases) greater than 250 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the third, an incidence rate in people over 65 above 100.

Faced with the progression of the epidemic in the Paris region, new restriction measures came into force on Tuesday in Paris and in the three departments of the inner suburbs (Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de- Marne), including the closing of bars.

Restaurants can remain open but must respect a reinforced sanitary protocol.

It applies in all high alert zones, including Aix-Marseille where restaurants had to lower the curtain a week ago.

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