The contours of the second wave continue to emerge.
This Friday, Public Health France (SPF) counted 405 new deaths in hospital in the past 24 hours and the government reported 60,486 new Covid-19 contaminations.
In detail, the total of deaths from the new coronavirus is 38,865, including 27,363 in hospital.
28,955 patients are currently hospitalized following a Covid-19 infection, according to data from SPF.
Hospitals have counted 3,140 new admissions in the past 24 hours, including 434 in intensive care.
A total of 4,321 patients are currently in intensive care.
Véran: "A second higher and longer wave" in the event of poorly respected confinement
In his weekly update on Thursday, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran had insisted on the seriousness of the epidemic and the tension to come in hospitals.
“The wave is there and it's violent,” he said.
"The duration of the rules depends on us, the more rigorous we are, the less the confinement will be long.
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