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• In France, there have been 274 deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

  A total of 91,706 people have died since the start of the epidemic.

• The authorities have identified 34,998 new infections and 25,389 hospitalizations due to a Covid infection over the past 24 hours.

  4,246 people are in intensive care.

• Faced with this third wave, 16 departments, those of Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, but also the Alpes-Maritimes, Eure and Seine-Maritime, are re-defined from midnight this Friday evening. , for four weeks.

• Schools and colleges will remain open there, bookstores too, but non-essential businesses closed.

• The curfew is delayed to 7 p.m. nationwide from Saturday.

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6:48 am.

Containment extended until April 6 in Wallis and Futuna.

The "strict and controlled" confinement, in force since March 9 for two weeks in Wallis and Futuna, will be extended until April 6 in this Polynesian archipelago where health reinforcements from Metropolitan France have been sent, indicates the Senior Administrator (prefect ).

"We have decided to extend confinement for 15 days under identical conditions," says Hervé Jonathan, while schools are closed and travel strictly supervised.

6:40 am.

Castex announcements: containment reviewed and corrected for the "third wave".

The Prime Minister announced a putting under bell, seven days a week, in Ile-de-France, in Hauts-de-France and in three departments from this Friday midnight.

Discover our decryption here.

6:35 am.

Vaccination will resume with AstraZeneca.

After

the favorable opinion of the European drug gendarme, vaccination will resume with AstraZeneca will resume this Friday afternoon according to Jean Castex who will himself be vaccinated to set an example and restore confidence to the French on this vaccine.

6.30 a.m.

274 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours.

A total of 91,706 people have died since the start of the epidemic.

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6:25 am.

Reconfinement: the inhabitants will not be able to leave the regions concerned.

Measures to curb movement between regions have been decided by the government.

Find here the measures taken by the government.

6:20 am.

Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France confined for a month from this weekend.

Ile-de-France no longer passes between the drops.

Faced with the worsening epidemic situation in the capital region, Jean Castex announced on Thursday that the region would be reconfigured, like Hauts-de-France and three other departments.

To read here.

6:10 am.

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