No less than 5,053 patients are hospitalized in intensive care on Wednesday evening.

A high figure, which reflects an epidemic pressure that is still very strong in many areas of the territory.

The report communicated Wednesday evening by Public Health France reports 60,000 cases, due to a catch-up compared to Tuesday.

The epidemic pressure linked to Covid-19 remains at a high level on Wednesday evening, as Emmanuel Macron announced a series of measures to deal with the virus in the coming weeks.

With 5,053 patients in intensive care on Wednesday, the number of patients in these services marks a very clear decline compared to Tuesday.

He had reached the highest point of the autumn wave the day before.

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This figure cannot be considered for the moment as a real trend towards epidemic reflux.

In addition, the result does not look better: mid-November, the circulation of the virus and the number of contaminations were already clearly declining, which is not the case at present.

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On Wednesday, 303 new deaths were recorded in hospitals, bringing the total death toll to 95,640, proof that the effects of vaccination ("more than 8.5 million" of first doses injected, "more than 3 million" of second doses , Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday evening) are still very limited.

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Nearly 60,000 cases (59,038) were identified in the latest assessment of the epidemic, but this figure should be taken with a grain of salt, due to a catch-up compared to Tuesday ("only" 30,702 cases identified, due to technical problems).