The government is walking on eggshells.
"We are on a razor's edge," Prime Minister Jean Castex confides to Le Monde again this Saturday.
It must be said that the tension is heavy now in French hospitals.
The bar of 4,000 patients admitted to intensive care units was crossed on Friday.
And three patients had to be transferred by helicopter on Saturday to facilities in the west of the country.
The reconfinement of the Ile-de-France region is on the table.
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According to the latest epidemic figures published on Saturday, the number of patients suffering from severe forms of the disease has further increased, now to 4,070 patients, against 4,033 on Friday and 3,689 a week ago.
263 new patients have been admitted there in the last 24 hours.
The total number of patients fell for the fourth consecutive day, with 24,671 hospitalized patients.
The number of deaths linked to the disease also reached a milestone on Friday.
More than 90,000 people have died in the past year after being infected with the virus.
A balance sheet that is still getting heavier this Saturday.
174 new deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours, against 228 on Friday and 173 last Saturday.
The virus is actively circulating in the country, according to the results of tests returned in the last 24 hours in the country.
29,759 new coronavirus infections have been identified in the last 24 hours compared to 25,229 the day before and 23,306 a week ago.
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4,853,278 doses of the anti-Covid vaccine have been injected into the arms of the French since the start of the vaccination campaign, according to figures arrested Thursday and published Friday.
A total of 2,205,468 people received the two doses needed for definitive vaccination with the vaccines currently in use.