(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 26 - There are 26,771 new cases of coronavirus infection registered in the last 24 hours in France. This was announced by the French health authorities, cited by FranceInfo. The deaths in the same period were 257: the total since the beginning of the epidemic is now 35,018.
Intensive care patients also increased, 2,770 (+ 186 compared to yesterday), and hospitalized patients, 17,784 (+1,307).
Yesterday in France there was a record number of 52,010 infections in 24 hours.
According to France Info, hospitals are now under maximum pressure in all regions of the country, with some Covid departments, such as that of the university hospital in Toulouse, which cannot accommodate other patients. (HANDLE).