The government wanted to give itself the opportunity to see if the latest measures to curb the epidemic, to use the term, could begin to carry the spirit.
Give yourself a little time before possibly re-tightening the screw, harder, more restrictive.
According to the latest epidemic figures published on Tuesday by the health authorities, the epidemic outbreak is continuing.
The trend is not good, as most of the country has turned into the red.
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337 new deaths linked to covid-19 have been recorded in the last 24 hours in French hospitals.
They were 362 Monday and 287 just seven days ago.
Increase in the number of intensive care patients
The threat is also still strong within the intensive care unit.
While many doctors are very concerned for the next few weeks to come, the trend unfortunately remains unsurprisingly upward.
In the last 24 hours, 569 new patients suffering from a severe form of the disease had to be taken care of in these specialized services.
The peak of sheave patients recorded during the second wave was crossed yesterday.
This Tuesday, 5072 patients are treated in these specialized services.
More broadly, 28,510 patients are currently treated in French hospitals for a covid infection.
They were 28,322 Monday and 26,756 last Tuesday.
On the vaccination side, 8,004,958 people had received at least one dose on Monday, according to the latest consolidated data.
2,709,292 had received two.
Some 189,439 injections were performed on Monday.
48,776 French people had their second dose injected.