The number of people in intensive care units crossed the 4,000 mark on Wednesday in France.
In addition, 38,674 people have died from Covid-19 in the country, with 394 additional deaths in hospital in the past 24 hours.
More than 40,000 new cases, at least, have been identified.
More than 4,000 Covid-19 patients are now in intensive care or intensive care, with a continuous increase in the number of admissions to these services over 24 hours, according to figures from Public Health France published on Wednesday.
The number of people in intensive care stood at 4,080, while it was still only 3,869 the day before.
A total of 38,674 people have died from Covid-19 in France, with 394 additional deaths in hospital in the past 24 hours.
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6,400 intensive care beds since the start of the week
France has also registered at least 40,558 new cases of coronavirus over the same period.
"The number of new cases of Covid-19 declared this Wednesday is a minimum and unconsolidated figure due to difficulties identified in the reporting of test results", underlines Public Health France, however.
"These difficulties are being resolved with the stakeholders concerned," adds the organization.
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The number of new admissions in intensive care, intensive care and continuing care since Tuesday has also crossed a milestone, to 540. This figure is of the order of those recorded at the height of the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic, late March and early April.
The number of intensive care beds, already raised from 5,100 to 5,800 after the first epidemic wave, reached 6,400 at the start of the week.
It should soon exceed 7,000, with a next level established at 10,500, Secretary of State for Children, Adrien Taquet told the Senate on Wednesday.
A Defense Council chaired by Emmanuel Macron debated on Wednesday a possible tightening of measures to fight against the progression of the epidemic.
The president of the Hospital Federation of France, Frédéric Valletoux, called for a tightening of the screw "if the figures do not improve".