Paris (AFP)
More than 1,300 people with Covid are in intensive care in France, including 103 new patients in the last 24 hours, according to official figures published on Sunday.
The French public health agency reported 1,335 serious cases linked to Covid-19, or 46 more than the day before, taking into account arrivals and departures.
The national capacity of resuscitation beds is around 5,000.
France recorded 12,500 new cases of contamination between Saturday and Sunday, less than the day before, with a record since the launch of large-scale tests at nearly 17,000 cases.
The proportion of positive tests in relation to the tests carried out is only increasing: it reached 8.2% on Sunday, against 4.5% about a month ago.
Since the start of the health crisis in February-March, at least 32,230 people have died from Covid-19, or 32 new deaths in 24 hours.
These are 6,964 people who are currently hospitalized in France for having contracted Covid-19.
On average over the last seven days, 4,264 new daily hospitalizations were recorded, including 893 in intensive care.
The health authorities are investigating 1,340 outbreaks of contamination throughout the country, including 265 in nursing homes.
Faced with the progression of the epidemic, Matignon indicated Sunday evening that Paris and the three departments of the inner suburbs would be placed in the maximum alert zone, and new restrictions to be announced on Monday.
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