PARIS (Reuters) – New COVID-19 infections in France increased to more than 8,500 for the third time in six days on Wednesday, as the disease spread at its fastest rate since it appeared in the country.
The number of others taken to the hospital with the virus also increased to 43, expanding for the eleventh consecutive day to a maximum of one month in 5003.
The number of patients in intensive care sets with COVID-19 increased from 25 to 599, a point not seen since the end of June.
The accumulation rate in additional instances has expanded over the next two months, however, since they basically involve younger people, who are less likely to become seriously ill, this did not result in additional strain in the hospital formula until the end. last month . . .
Hospitalizations for the disease remain more than six times lower than the April 14, 32,292 peak, and the number of ICU patients is well below the record of April 8, 7,148.
But the upward trend in those two signs is fueling fears of a moment of lockdown. France imposed one of the strictest blockades in Europe between March 17 and May 11 to prevent the hospital formula from being overwhelmed.
In a statement, the French fitness government reported 8,577 new infections, the highest record ever recorded after 8,975 on Friday. The cumulative number of cases is now 344,101.
The seven-day moving average for new infections, which eliminates reporting irregularities, is 7297, a 23rd consecutive record, compared to a minimum of 272 on May 27.
The number of other people who died in France from COVID-19 infections increased from 30 to 30,794, after an increase of 38 on Tuesday, twice the seven-day moving average of 15.
(Report via Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing through Chris Reese and Mark Potter)