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With more than 36,000 new cases detected in 24 hours, the epidemic continues to progress in France.

Visiting a hospital in the Paris region, Prime Minister Jean Castex admitted that he knew that caregivers were going to "suffer" during this second wave of Covid-19.

Austria, Greece, soon Italy ... Faced with the runaway coronavirus pandemic, several European countries imposed a new turn of the screw on Tuesday.

Because even if the epidemic, which has killed at least 1.2 million people worldwide, was the deadliest in the United States, it is currently on the Old Continent that it is circulating the fastest.

Follow the evolution of the situation live.

The main information to remember:

• In France, more than 36,000 new cases have been identified in 24 hours

• End of tolerance for the sale of non-essential products in supermarkets 

• At least 1.2 million people have died from Covid-19, official figures show

End of tolerance for non-essential products in supermarkets

Buying non-essential products from the supermarket along with these fruits and vegetables?

This is no longer possible.

The period of "tolerance" decreed by Bercy to allow supermarkets to close their shelves concerned ended today. 

Regarding so-called "non-essential" businesses, Jean Castex went to the front on Tuesday against elected officials who call on mayors to "violate the rules of the Republic" by issuing orders to reopen establishments that have been closed because of the re-containment.

"It is not possible", rebelled the Prime Minister before the deputies during the session of questions to the government.

"I do not understand that you sent to the members of your political formation, to the mayors, a request strongly suggesting that they take decrees to oppose the decisions of the state of health emergency."

"You are going to suffer, I know that"

During a trip to a hospital in Essonne, in the Paris region, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Jean Castex acknowledged that caregivers were going to "suffer" in the face of the second wave of coronavirus which hit France.

"You are going to suffer, I know it, it's like that," he said, insisting on the need for confinement.

"We assume. We try to make good decisions. It has been a long time since I understood that by closing bars, it is difficult to be popular. But the objective is to save as many lives as possible. . "

More than 36,000 new cases in France

According to figures released Tuesday evening by the government, 36,330 new cases were identified in 24 hours.

The increase in the number of patients in intensive care also continues, with 469 new patients admitted, for a total of 3,878.

The number of resuscitation beds, already raised from 5,100 to 5,800 after the first epidemic wave, rose to 6,400 at the start of the week and should soon exceed 7,000, according to the Minister of Health Olivier Véran. 

After an update of the figures in nursing homes and medico-social establishments (+428 new deaths), the death toll is increasing, with 38,289 deaths since the start of the epidemic.

426 new deaths were recorded at the hospital.

The number of people hospitalized is 26,242, against 25,120 the day before (+1,122).

Hospitals have welcomed 3,311 new Covid patients over the past 24 hours.

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More than 11 million cases of coronavirus enumerated in Europe ...

More than 11 million cases of the new coronavirus have been officially identified in Europe, according to a count made from official sources on Tuesday.

At least 11,008,465 contaminations and 284,148 deaths have been reported in the continent.

Almost half of the cases were recorded in the four European countries most affected by the epidemic: Russia (1,673,686 cases), France (1,466,433), Spain (1,240,697) and the United Kingdom (1,053,864).

... and a new turn of the screw in several countries

Several European countries on Tuesday imposed a new turn of the screw: Austria lives under curfew from this evening and limits social life, only a few hours after the attack which struck Vienna in the night from Monday to Tuesday, while the most populous regions of Greece, including Athens, are closing non-essential shops and restaurants.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a tightening of restrictions in force in the Netherlands since mid-October, with the closure of museums, cinemas and other places open to the public for two weeks. 

Sign of the times, in the capital of England - a country which is preparing for a new four-week confinement - the Christmas lights of the main shopping thoroughfare Oxford Street will display the name of a "hero" this year. to others during the pandemic.

A summit of EU heads of state and government will be held on November 19 on Covid by videoconference, the European Council announced on Tuesday.

The euro zone fears a recession 

Eurozone economy ministers on Tuesday night warned against the risk of recession linked to the second wave and called for maintaining fiscal policies favorable to growth.

"The tightening of the restrictive measures will of course have an impact on economic activity," said European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, after a Eurogroup videoconference. 

He hoped, however, that the economic shock would be weaker than in the first wave.

"There are reasons to believe that the impact might be smaller than in the spring. For example, companies and employees are better prepared for teleworking, but at the same time there is uncertainty about the duration of the second. vague, "he explained at a press conference.

More than 1.2 million deaths worldwide

The pandemic has killed more than 1.206 million people around the world since the end of December, according to a report established by AFP on Tuesday at 11:00 GMT.

More than 46.9 million cases have been officially recorded, of which more than 31.1 million have been cured.

The United States has the most deaths (231,566), ahead of Brazil (160,253), India (123,097), Mexico (92,100) and the United Kingdom (46,853).