Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations in France still rising
In their daily briefing on Wednesday, France's health authorities reported 26,676 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total to more than 950,000, while 700 more people were hospitalised and another 163 died from the disease bringing the total to 34,048.
FranceFrance's latest update on daily Covid-19 cases rose by at least 25,000 for the sixth time in 12 days on Wednesday and the number of people hospitalised for the disease shot up by more than 700 for the third day in a row, suggesting the partial curfew still has to produce effects, reports Swiss Info.
The resurgence of the pandemic is such that the government will likely announce a geographical extension of the curfew, imposed since Saturday on Paris and eight other major cities from 2100 to 0600.
Health experts say it takes generally two weeks for such measures to be visible in the containment of the virus.
Health authorities reported 26,676 new Covid-19 infections, up from Tuesday's 20,468 but below the all-time high of 32,427 reached on Saturday.
