PARIS (Reuters) – France set a new record for COVID-19 infections on Thursday, the fourth in 8 days, as the number of other people hospitalized with the disease rose to more than 6,000 for the first time in more than two months.
These figures are published the day after the government announced new restrictive measures, mainly in primary locations and especially in Marseille, to involve the virus.
On its website, the French fitness government reported 16096 new cases of coronavirus, breaking the previous record of 13,498 and bringing the cumulative total to 497,237, the time in Western Europe after Spain.
The number of other people who died in France from COVID-19 infections was 31,511, an increase of 52; this figure is lower than the seven-day moving average of 59, but more than 4 times higher than the daily average of 12 in August.
Health said there were 6031 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 on Thursday, an overall decrease of more than five times the maximum of 32292 reached on April 14, but 33% more since a low of 4530 on August 29.
And now there are 1,043 patients in extensive care units, degrees noted since June 8.
To save him from defeating the hospital formula, France has put one of Europe’s strictest padlocks into position between 17 March and 11 May.
The French prime minister warned that if the government does not act to prevent him from accumulating COVID-19 cases in the country, the scenario could be repeated at the height of the crisis in March.
“It is a race against time,” Jean Castex told France 2 television. “The audience will have to be vigilant and careful. If we do not act, we may find ourselves on a similar stage in the spring. “
(Report via Benoit Van Overstraeten and John Irish; edited through Chizu Nomiyama and Marguerita Choy)
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