France: An increase in patients with coronavirus admitted to the ICU is increasing daily

Its principles France announced that 4,709 people are being treated in ICUs with covid-19, 58 more than on Wednesday and the highest number this year.

The number of patients with covid-19 in intensive care units is close to the record set in mid-November, when 4,919 people were in the ICU, although it is much lower than the absolute record set in France during the first lockdown on spring 2020. According to the Ministry of Health, in the previous 24 hours 228 people succumbed to covid-19, a decrease from the 272 recorded on Wednesday.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced 65,373 new cases of coronavirus, the second highest number after November 7 when almost 87,000 new infections were registered. In total in France almost 4.4 million people have been infected with covid-19 and more than 93,000 have died.

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