The pressure on the intensive care units is increasing.
According to the latest figures from Public Health France published on Tuesday, the number of patients suffering from severe forms of the disease has further increased.
It rises on Tuesday 4634 patients against 4548 patients the day before.
488 people have been admitted there in the past 24 hours.
The virus continues to circulate in the country.
On Tuesday, Public Health France identified 14,678 new contaminations, against 15,792 on Monday.
Figures to be taken with a grain of salt due to dysfunction in recent days on the reporting of data by Public Health France (SPF).
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Over the last 24 hours, in France, the number of hospitalizations is 2,286 against 1,902 news on Tuesday.
In all, the authorities have identified 26,756 people hospitalized for a Covid-19 infection.
At the same time, 292 deaths were recorded against 344 people on Monday.
As a reminder, since the start of the epidemic, 67,563 patients have died in hospital from a Covid-19 infection for a total of 92,809 deaths.