LIVE - Coronavirus: a first Defense Council in the morning

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Day after day, the threat of containment is taking shape in France, with epidemic indicators that continue to deteriorate every evening.

More than 26,000 cases of Covid-19 have been detected in 24 hours, while the test positivity rate is now 17.8%.

In this context, a first Defense Council is organized Tuesday morning, before a consultation of the parties and social partners at the end of the day.

A second Defense Council on Wednesday is expected to ratify the new restrictions taken in the face of the spread of the virus.

France is not isolated in Europe, as many countries are proceeding with widening restrictions, such as a curfew in Spain and a re-containment in Ireland.

Globally, the coronavirus has killed more than 1.15 million.

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The main information to remember: 

• Emmanuel Macron brings together two Defense Councils, Tuesday then Wednesday

• Local reconfigurations are no longer excluded in the face of this second wave

• Epidemic indicators are deteriorating further

• Restrictions spread across Europe, incidents in Italy

• More than 1.15 million deaths worldwide

Two Defense Councils for the Executive

What tougher measures in the face of Covid-19?

President Emmanuel Macron will meet on Tuesday morning and then Wednesday morning two Defense Councils devoted to the epidemic.

In the meantime, its Prime Minister Jean Castex will receive political leaders and social partners at Matignon at the end of the day on Tuesday.

These two meetings around Jean Castex aim to discuss "the tightening envisaged in the management of the health crisis" of Covid-19, Matignon told AFP.

Such consultations, similar to others organized in recent weeks, seem to precede the announcement of a new turn of the screw, which could then be recorded on Wednesday morning.

Reconfinements are no longer excluded

These Defense Councils could lead to local reconfigurations, a hypothesis which is gaining ground within the government.

"The curfew was essential, but I fear that it is not sufficient", confided a minister a few days ago at Europe 1, when another admitted: "Let's be honest, the curfew is a pre-containment ".

The epidemic continues to progress in France

26,771 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France published on Monday.

This is a slowdown from this weekend's data, but the numbers are usually weaker for a Monday.

The test positivity rate continues to increase to 17.8%, against 17% the day before, and only 4.5% at the beginning of September. 

357 new serious cases were admitted to intensive care units, such a figure had not been reached since April.

In total, 2,761 people were hospitalized in intensive care on Monday (186 more than on Sunday) for a current capacity of around 5,800 beds that the public authorities intend to ramp up in the coming days.

The number of hospital deaths rose to 258 for Monday, bringing the total death toll since the start of the epidemic to 35,018 dead.

At the hospital, the second wave threatens

The "white plan" was launched in all hospitals in the Grand Est.

This request is justified by the "exceptional health situation", underlines the Regional Health Agency in a press release.

At the Strasbourg CHRU, 100% of the beds in the infectious disease department are occupied by patients with Covid-19.

Additional patients began to be admitted to the cardiology, pulmonology, internal medicine and geriatrics departments.

The Grand Est, very affected by the first wave, is the second region to activate the white plan after Île-de-France.

In the first wave, patients from badly affected areas were transferred to less affected areas to reduce the pressure a bit.

But these transfers are more complicated to implement this time because the second wave affects the whole territory, warn specialists.

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Reduced transport in Ile-de-France from Wednesday evening

The public transport offer in the Paris region will be reduced from 9 p.m. on Wednesday, due to a drop in attendance linked to the introduction of the curfew, Ile-de-France Mobilités announced on Monday. .

The metro's offer will be reduced "to about one in two metro", as will the frequency of buses, except for "the busiest bus lines and lines serving hospitals" which will not undergo any change, he said. regional transport authority.

Metro lines 4, 7 and 13 will however be reinforced between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. "to deal with situations of increased traffic", she said.

As for trains and RER, the offer will also be reduced to one in two trains, "except for lines where the waiting time is greater than or equal to 30 minutes in normal periods," she added.

More details in our article here.

New restrictions in Spain, incidents in Italy

The Spanish regions have tightened their restrictions to limit the number of cases of coronavirus which is increasing "rapidly" according to the Ministry of Health, in a country already under a night curfew.

In Italy, thousands of people demonstrated on Monday evening in several cities across the country against the closure of restaurants and bars from 6 p.m. and all theaters, cinemas and sports halls for a month.

Violent incidents occurred in particular in Milan and Turin, the two large cities in the north of the country, where riot police were deployed and responded with tear gas canisters.

More than 1.15 million dead

The pandemic has killed at least 1.15 million people around the world since the end of December, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Monday in the middle of the day.

Almost 43.1 million cases have been officially diagnosed.

The United States is the most bereaved country with 225,689 dead, followed by Brazil (157,397), India (119,014), Mexico (88,924) and the United Kingdom (44,896).