The numbers are rising, as is the concern within certain scientific bodies.
This Monday, Public Health France counted a total of 1,406 patients hospitalized due to Covid-19, in critical care.
In detail, 8,338 Covid-19 patients are treated in hospital.
They were 8,038 Sunday, and 7,361 last Monday.
Of this total, 1,406 severe cases are in critical care compared to 1,339 Sunday, and 1,257 seven days ago.
94 new deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths in France to at least 118,500.
Hard weeks ahead
The progression of the virus worries the health authorities in France.
The fifth wave of Covid-19 will have "a significant impact" on health establishments, of the order of "1,000 to 1,500 hospitalizations per day", and this "for several weeks", warned Jean-François Delfraissy, President of the Scientific Council.
In the rest of Europe, several countries have implemented restrictions.
Belgium has announced the generalization of the wearing of masks and also wants to make teleworking compulsory for jobs which allow it.
The Austrians, despite a strong grumbling expressed in the streets this weekend, have been confined again since midnight and until December 13.
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"In all likelihood at the end of winter everyone will be vaccinated, cured or dead" due to the spread of the Delta variant "very, very contagious", even ruled the German Minister of Health Jens Spahn, calling on his fellow citizens to be vaccinate "urgently" in the face of an explosion in coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
