The Regional Health Agency (ARS) Paca, which launched an emergency call on Wednesday for volunteer caregivers to help those in the two most affected regions, Île de France and Grand-Est, continues to prepare " at the epidemic peak ". According to the last count, 541 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in 24 hours and 20 new deaths were recorded Wednesday evening in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Currently, 1,372 people who are Covid-19 positive are hospitalized in Paca establishments, including 336 in intensive care units. Since the start of the crisis, 124 people have died from the coronavirus.
1,170 beds for intensive care patients
Tuesday, the ARS Paca explained to have "distributed to health facilities a plan for the deployment of critical care capacities". It "makes it possible to anticipate the epidemic peak and to anticipate in the most just possible way the needs in resuscitation beds", notes the organization.
With the support of the military health service, the region could have a total of nearly 1,170 beds for patients requiring respiratory assistance.
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