Illustration of a hospital in Strasbourg.
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More than 31,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a first since mid-November, Public Health France announced in its daily bulletin.
The numbers of hospitalizations and intensive care patients were stable, but at a still very high level.
In detail, 31,519 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in 24 hours.
Over seven days, the daily case average now stands at 21,038.
Hospitals had 25,614 patients sick with Covid-19, compared to 25,660 on Tuesday.
Over the past 24 hours, 1,636 people have been hospitalized, against 1,780 the day before.
The "very worrying situation in ten departments"
As for the intensive care units, which receive the most serious cases, they counted 3,436 patients on Wednesday, against 3,435 the day before.
319 patients have been transferred to a sheave in the past 24 hours, against 345 in the previous 24 hours, said Public Health France.
278 patients died (314 Tuesday), bringing the total number of deaths caused by the epidemic in France to 85,321.
The government announced Wednesday the weekend containment of Dunkirk, hit by an “alarming” upsurge in the Covid-19 epidemic, a few days after a similar measure taken in Nice.
Prime Minister Jean Castex will speak at the end of Thursday afternoon, when the government considers the situation "very worrying in ten departments".
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