Caregivers who fear having to sort the sick.
A level of contamination that has continued to grow in recent weeks.
And a government that may have to take new health restrictions.
This is the very difficult context that rules in France on Monday, two days from a defense council which could be decisive.
Emmanuel Macron will he decide to close schools, while the epidemic is on the rise?
Will he decide to tighten the screw a little more after evaluating the effectiveness of the latest measures that have come into force?
The latest figures from the health authorities cross a difficult milestone this Monday evening: the number of patients currently treated in intensive care services exceeded the highest recorded during the second wave on Monday evening.
4,974 patients suffering from a severe form of the disease are treated in these specialized services, against 4,903 on November 8, the peak of the second wave.
As a reminder, the peak of the first wave amounted to 7,019 patients in sheaves.
He had been reached on April 8 last.
Vaccine: ten million injected doses
More generally, 28,322 patients with covid-19 are currently treated in hospital, against 27,712 on Sunday and 26,488 last week.
2,099 new admissions have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
Health authorities have identified 362 new deaths in the past 24 hours, against 131 Sunday and 344 last Monday.
In terms of vaccination, France has passed the milestone of 10 million injections, announced the Minister of Health Olivier Véran on Friday.
In total, on Sunday, 7,798,091 French people received at least one dose of vaccine, according to the latest consolidated figures.
2,655,443 French people have received two doses of the vaccine against Covid-19.
Sunday, 53,398 injections were recorded during the day, against 187,109 on Saturday.