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In France, 418 deaths, including 301 in hospital, from the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
A total of 87,246 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
3,586 patients are cared for in intensive care units.
A figure that has been increasing continuously for more than a week.
A new Health Defense Council is being held this Wednesday morning to examine the situation in the 20 departments placed under reinforced surveillance, while the prefect of Pas-de-Calais proposed Tuesday evening confinement for the next three weekends.
The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 2.54 million people worldwide.
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6:45 a.m.
New Defense Council at the Elysee Palace.
The health situation of
20
departments placed under enhanced surveillance will be examined this Wednesday morning during a new Defense Council to be held at the Elysee Palace.
Possible new turns of the screw could be decided by the executive in areas where the epidemic is out of control.
6:40 am.
The prefect of Pas-de-Calais wants confinement for three weekends.
The prefect of the department offers the government a weekend confinement for three weeks, in order to counter the Covid-19.
The measure is to be discussed at the top of the state on Wednesday.
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6.30 a.m.
418 new deaths in France.
301 deaths have been recorded in hospitals in the past 24 hours.
Santé Publique France also counts 117 new deaths in nursing homes according to a bi-weekly update.
A total of 87,246 people have died since the start of the epidemic.
6:25 am.
Nearly 23,000 contaminations in the last 24
hours in France.
Public Health France has identified 22,857 new cases of Covid-19 in the country.
6:20 am.
Update on vaccination in France.
3,036,605 people received at least one dose of vaccine according to data published by Public Health France.
The government wants to extend the vaccination against Covid-19 as much as possible as explained by Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health: “In March, we should be able to offer 6 million additional first-time injections for the French, this which will bring to 9 million the number of French people who will have received at least one injection at the end of March, and it will be even more in April ”.
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