According to the latest Public Health France count on Wednesday, France has 32,445 deaths from Covid-19.

In 24 hours, 18,746 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country.

The test positivity rate is also increasing, to 9.1% against 9% on Tuesday and around 4% in early September.

More than 18,000 confirmed cases of people with Covid-19 have been recorded in France in the past 24 hours (18,746), while the proportion of positive tests now reaches 9.1%, according to official figures.

It is likely that this increase is due in part to a more targeted testing campaign than it was before, with the positivity rate standing at 9% on Tuesday.

Over the past 24 hours, 80 people have died from Covid-19 according to the daily report from the French public health agency, bringing the total number of deaths to 32,445.

4,625 new hospitalizations over the last seven days

In total, 4,625 new hospitalizations were counted over the last seven days, including 919 in intensive care.

Nationally, the current capacity of resuscitation beds is around 5,000.

The total of confirmed cases in France now stands at 653,509 cases.

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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.