The next few days will be decisive, it is the government that says it.
Three days before the defense council, the executive scrutinizes the figures of the health authorities with the greatest attention.
For good reason, the government hopes to analyze the effects of the generalization of the curfew advanced to 6 p.m.
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This Sunday, the latest figures unveiled by Public Health France show 18,436 contaminations identified in the last 24 hours, against 23,924 on Saturday and 16,642 just a week ago.
The number of new infections passed the mark of 20,000 cases per day on average on Saturday, while the authorities believe they are able to control the epidemic only below the 5,000 mark.
2 955 patients in intensive care
These last 24 hours, still, 172 deaths are to be deplored.
On Saturday, authorities announced 321 deaths from the new coronavirus.
Since the start of the epidemic, the virus has killed more than 79,000 people in France.
Hospitals are still in great demand.
This Sunday, the threshold of 26,000 patients treated due to a coronavirus infection (26,357 to be precise) was crossed. Among them, 2,955 show serious symptoms of the disease which require treatment within the resuscitation services, against 2,886 on Saturday.
This Sunday, finally, the number of people who have received at least one dose of vaccine in the country now stands at 1,026,871. The milestone of one million was crossed yesterday and announced with great fanfare by the Prime Minister himself, on Twitter.