The Covid epidemic continues to spread in France, where 23,507 new cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of positive people since the onset of the epidemic to 3,859,102, according to the latest report from the ministry of Health.
439 people died between Thursday and Friday, including 238 in hospital.
In total, 88,274 Covid patients have died since January 2020.
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24,765 patients are currently hospitalized (-126 compared to yesterday), including 1,397 who arrived in the past 24 hours.
The number of patients in intensive care is slightly up compared to the figures of the day before, with 3,680 people in these services (+47).
324 patients have been treated in intensive care since Thursday.
The curve of patients in intensive care.
Ministry of Health
Confinement at weekends in Pas-de-Calais
Thursday evening, Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of Health Olivier Véran announced confinement for the next four weekends in Pas-de-Calais.
It will come into force on Saturday March 6, at 6 a.m., after the curfew.
The department of Hauts-de-France therefore joins the coast of the Alpes-Maritimes and the agglomeration of Dunkirk, confined at the weekend since last week.
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In Paris, alcohol consumption is prohibited from this Friday on the quays of the Seine and the banks of the Canal Saint-Martin, theaters last weekend of popular gatherings not compatible with the fight against the Covid, according to the police headquarters .
Finally, in the 23 departments under reinforced surveillance, due to the Covid epidemic, non-food shopping centers of more than 10,000 m² will be closed.