In Île-de-France and Haut-de-France, the two regions most affected by this third wave of the coronavirus, the restrictive measures taken by the government seem to be gradually taking effect.
But in hospitals, the situation is increasingly perilous.
Caregivers no longer know how to invent resuscitation beds.
The latest figures on the coronavirus pandemic in France are encouraging.
But only in the two most contaminated regions: Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France.
At the national level, epidemiological indicators are maintained at a very high level and caregivers are forced to push the walls to install resuscitation beds.
Sometimes even in unlikely places.
The incidence rate drops in Île-de-France and Hauts-de-France
In Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France, the break in the curves is very clear.
The incidence rate has fallen very significantly in all of the Ile-de-France departments.
In Seine-Saint-Denis, it is now 665 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
It's still a lot, but it had reached 800 ten days earlier.
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Same trend in Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise, in Essonne or in Paris.
Also in the North, and the Nord-Pas de Calais.
A decrease which could correspond to the beneficial effects of the restrictive measures taken in these regions as of March 20.
Nearly 50 intensive care beds created every day according to Olivier Véran
However, the wave continues to rise in hospitals: more than 5,700 patients are currently in intensive care.
To cope, new sheave beds are created.
The Minister of Health Olivier Véran assured this Friday morning that 50 beds were open on average each day to meet demand.
A little bit of air since between 30 and 40 people are admitted daily in intensive care.
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In total, there are around 8,000 intensive care beds in France today, against 5,000 before the start of the health crisis last year.
To arrive at this figure, it was necessary to transform continuous care beds into resuscitation beds, in particular by equipping them with artificial respirators and a more extensive monitoring system.
Nurses to constantly watch over these very serious patients have also been requisitioned.
An improvised resuscitation service at Pitié-Salpêtrière
But to go to 10,000, as Emmanuel Macron promised, it will be necessary to go even further: transform conventional medicine beds into intensive care beds.
And the next step will be the creation of resuscitation units in structures where there is never any care.
For example, the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris has just transformed its self into an intensive care unit with 40 fully equipped beds.
They are not yet receiving patients and will only be used as a last resort.