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The latest report of the coronavirus, published Thursday evening by the authorities, reports about 14,000 new cases in 24 hours in the country.

The test positivity rate is stabilizing, while the number of deaths has risen to 32,019 since the start of the pandemic.

While Paris feared being placed in the maximum alert zone on Thursday, the capital obtained a reprieve until Monday, announced the Minister of Health Olivier Véran on Thursday.

The National Assembly also gave the green light on the night of Thursday to Friday to the controversial extension of resources in the hands of the government, from restaurant closings to travel restrictions, until the end of next March.

Follow the latest developments live.

Information to remember:

• In France, 32,019 dead in total, the Paris region could go on high alert as of Monday 

• France calls on 25,000 volunteers to test vaccines, Sanofi promises its next summer

• Trump goes into quarantine, the world is re-fining

Nearly 14,000 new cases in 24 hours, the test positivity rate stabilizes 

French health authorities reported 13,970 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday in 24 hours, against 12,845 the day before.

On the other hand, the test positivity rate (the percentage of infected people among those tested) stabilized for the third consecutive day at 7.6%.

In total, 32,019 people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, including 63 in 24 hours.

About 4,000 new hospitalizations were noted in one week, including 844 in intensive care. 

While the Covid-19 indicators turn red, the National Assembly gave the green light on the night of Thursday to Friday to the controversial extension of the means in the hands of the government, from the closures of restaurants to the restriction of travel, until end of next March.

After seven hours of exchanges punctuated by tensions, the deputies adopted at first reading this extension bill by 26 votes in favor, 17 against and 3 abstentions, without the votes of the left and the right.

It must now be considered by the Senate.

Paris is the inner suburbs on maximum alert from Monday?

Paris and the departments of the inner suburbs could move into a maximum alert zone from Monday if the progression of the epidemic is confirmed there, said Olivier Véran.

The capital and its inner suburbs have "crossed the three thresholds which may correspond to the maximum alert zone", the minister said during a press point, specifying that these thresholds had been crossed "for a few hours".

"If this were to be confirmed we would have no other choice but to place Paris and the inner suburbs on maximum alert from Monday," the minister said, indicating that "we will re-examine the data on Sunday".

This would mean that there would be "no more family celebrations, no more parties, a total closure of bars", warns Olivier Véran.

A new device is being studied to allow restaurants to remain open, which precisely fear having to close their doors when they are barely resuming their activity.

“The thresholds have been crossed in terms of incidence in the last 24 hours in Paris. There is no differentiated treatment with Marseille. It takes at least two, three or four days to verify that Paris falls within this dynamic ", also clarified Olivier Véran, stressing that Marseille had crossed these thresholds" for a longer time ".

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The Minister of Health also specified that the cities of Lille, Grenoble, Lyon, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse risk going into "maximum alert zone" "next week" if the measures already taken recently do not demonstrate their effectiveness .

A Sanofi vaccine from next summer?

Sanitary measures while waiting for the vaccine.

As the vaccine race continues around the world, with some advancing first doses as early as 2021, Sanofi France President Olivier Bogillot has assured that his company's vaccine could be available in less than a year: " We will be able to deliver the first doses of vaccine from the summer, "he told the microphone of Europe 1." Our goal is to put ourselves in the capacity to produce a billion doses at the end. next year. "

At the national level, France called on 25,000 adult volunteers, young and old, to test potential vaccines against Covid-19 and on Thursday opened the "Covireivac" information and registration platform for them.

Volunteers, who must be 18 years of age or over, are invited to complete a health questionnaire on the website www.covireivac.fr, which will then allow researchers to select them according to the needs of the planned trials.

Return of the public to European competitions

UEFA authorized Thursday the immediate return of the public to European football competitions, including the Champions League, within a limit of 30% of the stadium's capacity and at the discretion of the local authorities, without however allowing the movement of visiting supporters. .

In French rugby, Saturday's match between La Rochelle and Racing 92 was however postponed after nine cases of Covid identified in the Ile-de-France club.

As for the final of the Grand Prix of figure skating, which was to take place from December 10 to 13, 2020 in Beijing in the ice rink of the Olympic Games 2022, has been postponed due to the repercussions of the pandemic, announced the International Skating Federation.

"Failing to guarantee the absolute safety of the health of the runners", the Athens marathon initially scheduled for November 8 was also canceled.

Donald Trump in quarantine

Donald Trump quarantined himself after the positive Covid-19 test of a close collaborator Hope Hicks, on the night of Thursday to Friday.

"The First Lady and I are awaiting the results of our test" and "in the meantime, we are starting our quarantine process!", The US president then added on Twitter, without giving further details. 

Donald Trump was also very probably alone the factor that generated the most disinformation on Covid-19 during the pandemic, according to a study published Thursday by Cornell University.

At least 1,018,634 dead worldwide

In Spain, a decree from the Spanish government extends to the whole of Madrid the traffic restrictions in force for a week in certain districts of the capital.

In Tunisia, a curfew was reinstated Thursday evening in the coastal regions of Sousse and Monastir, in the east of the country, in an attempt to curb the outbreak of coronavirus cases, which threatens to saturate Tunisian hospitals.

The number of new cases of coronavirus in Canada also continues to increase, with a "critical" situation in Quebec, the province hardest hit by the epidemic in the country, authorities announced Thursday.

Canada is extending the closure of its borders to foreigners from countries other than the United States until the end of October, with the exception of those whose presence on its territory is deemed essential.

Globally, the pandemic has killed at least 1,018,634 people, according to a report established by AFP.

Over 34 million cases of infection have been diagnosed.

The United States is the most affected country, both in terms of death toll (207,711) and cases (7,233,946).

Brazil (144,680 dead), India (98,678), Mexico (77,646) and the United Kingdom (42,143) follow.