Pending Friday's defense council and new decisions supposed to "give visibility over the coming weeks", according to Emmanuel Macron, the number of new daily cases of contamination has reached its highest level since mid-April.
According to the latest data communicated by the General Directorate of Health (DGS), 9,843 new SARS CoV-2 infections have been recorded in the last 24 hours, against 8,577 the day before and 7,157 a week ago.
The test positivity rate is still above 5% and continues to improve.
It was 5.4% for the week of September 1-7, down from 4.4% a week earlier.
More than 600 people in intensive care
According to Public Health France, 71 “clusters” were identified in 24 hours and 644 epidemic outbreaks are under investigation.
75 departments are now "in a situation of vulnerability", a large part of which in "high" vulnerability.
As for the deaths caused by the new coronavirus, the General Directorate of Health counts 19 more this Thursday in hospitals.
This figure brings the total of deaths to 30,813 since the start of the epidemic, including 20,338 in hospitals and 10,475 in medico-social establishments, including nursing homes.
More and more people are hospitalized for the coronavirus.
5,096 patients are currently treated in hospitals (+93 compared to Wednesday), including 615 in intensive care, or 16 more than 24 hours earlier.