Coronavirus: Marseille's Covid-19 hospital beds 'close to saturation'

The use of hospital beds by Covid-19 patients in the French city of Marseille is 'close to saturation' amid a sharp spike in infections. Surgeries are being reduced to cope with an incidence rate that has risen to 312 per 100,000 since September. New limits on gatherings are being introduced around Marseille and in the south-western city of Bordeaux. The two cities are the main new hotspots in a country that on Saturday recorded a big surge in cases. The 10,561 new infections over 24 hours represented the biggest rise since large-scale testing began.