According to the latest Public Health France count on Tuesday, France has 32,365 deaths from Covid-19.
In 24 hours, 10,489 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country.
The test positivity rate is also increasing, to 9% against 8.2% on Sunday and around 4% in early September.
The number of Covid-19 patients currently hospitalized in intensive care in France increased slightly on Tuesday, to 1,417, or 8 more patients than the day before, while the proportion of positive tests now reaches 9%, according to official figures.
In the past 24 hours, 168 new patients with the most severe form of the disease had to be admitted to an intensive care unit, according to the daily report from the French public health agency.
The current national capacity of resuscitation beds is around 5,000.
65 people died in 24 hours
A total of 7,377 patients are currently hospitalized for Covid-19, including 829 who were admitted in the last 24 hours.
Hospital indicators are important for monitoring the evolution of the epidemic, since the main issue is to prevent hospitals, particularly intensive care units, from being overwhelmed by a massive influx of patients.
At the peak of the epidemic, in early April, more than 7,000 patients were hospitalized in intensive care, sometimes with 400 admissions per day.
In addition, 65 people have died from Covid in the past 24 hours, bringing the total of deaths since the start of the epidemic to 32,365.
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More than 10,000 new cases have been diagnosed since the day before (10,489), more than the 5,084 of Monday, a day when the figures are regularly lower because of the closure of laboratories on the weekend, but less than the nearly 17,000 announced on Saturday evening.
The positivity rate (proportion of positive tests compared to the total tests carried out) continues to increase rapidly, to 9%, against 8.6% the day before and 8.2% on Sunday.
Part of this progression is likely to be due to a more targeted testing campaign than it was before.
The occupancy rate of intensive care beds is increasing in Île-de-France
The Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency also indicated on Tuesday that the occupancy rate of beds in intensive care units by patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in the region continued to increase, to 40 , 1% against 37% Monday.
This represents 449 people admitted to intensive care units, out of 2,393 Covid-19 patients hospitalized in the most populous region of France (12 million inhabitants).
An occupancy rate of resuscitation beds greater than 30% across the region is one of the three criteria established by the health authorities to place a department in a maximum alert zone.
The second is an incidence rate (new cases) greater than 250 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the third, an incidence rate in people over 65 above 100.
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Faced with the progression of the epidemic in the Paris region, new restriction measures came into force on Tuesday in Paris and in the three departments of the inner suburbs (Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de- Marne), including the closing of bars.
Restaurants can remain open but must respect a reinforced sanitary protocol.
It applies in all high alert zones, including Aix-Marseille where restaurants had to lower the curtain a week ago.