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		</div><p>Virus patients now occupy more than half of France’s intensive care units, and some doctors are urging tougher restrictions after another record jump in confirmed infections.</p>
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<p>Dr Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the government’s virus advisory body, expressed surprise at the “brutality” of the rise, after more than 52,000 new cases were reported on Sunday.</p>
<p>Speaking on RTL radio, he floated the idea of local lockdowns or extending France’s 9pm to 6am curfews, which currently cover about half of the country and more than two-thirds of its people.</p>
<p>The number of people in hospital in France with the virus has climbed sharply in recent weeks, putting renewed pressure on ICUs.</p>
<p>Covid patients now fill more than two-thirds of the ICUs in the Paris region.</p>
<p>Dr Eric Caumes, head of the infectious and tropical diseases department at Paris’ Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, told broadcaster Franceinfo on Monday that “we have lost control of the epidemic, though it doesn’t date from yesterday”.</p>
<p>France has been among countries hardest-hit by the pandemic, reporting 34,761 virus-related deaths.</p>
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<p>It is currently registering more than 340 positive cases per 100,000 people nationwide each week.</p>
<p>Dr Delfraissy warns that this latest wave of the virus could be “stronger than the first” and is spreading all around Europe.</p>
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