More than 3,000 Covid-19 patients in intensive care

More than 3,000 Covid-19 patients in intensive care (Archives) -

While Emmanuel Macron announced this Wednesday evening the establishment of a new confinement from Friday, the number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care has exceeded the 3,000 mark.

That is to say a level unprecedented since the beginning of May, according to the latest official figures.

Since Tuesday, 372 new admissions in sheaves (or intensive care) have been recorded since Tuesday, according to the Public Health France database.

Taking into account the discharges, the number of Covid-19 patients currently in intensive care has increased by 127 in the last twenty-four hours, bringing their total to 3,036.

In his speech Wednesday evening, Emmanuel Macron warned that "whatever we do, nearly 9,000 patients will be in intensive care in mid-November, which is almost all of the French capacities".

Adding that resuscitation capacity would be increased to 10,000 beds, a doubling of the initial number.

More than 36,000 new cases in 24 hours

More broadly, 2,821 additional people have been hospitalized for Covid-19 since Tuesday.

French hospitals now accommodate more than 20,000 people admitted due to the coronavirus (20,184 to be precise).

In addition, the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus reached 35,785, or 244 more than the balance sheet of the day before, and 36,437 new confirmed positive cases have been recorded since Tuesday.

The test positivity rate is 18.6%, against 4.5% at the beginning of September.

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