3,368 patients are currently in intensive care in French hospitals, with 422 admissions since the day before.
Taking into account the discharges, the number of Covid-19 patients currently in intensive care has increased by 221 in 24 hours, Public Health France indicates on Friday.
The number of patients hospitalized in intensive care or intensive care stood at 3,368 on Friday, with 422 new admissions since the day before, according to figures from Public Health France.
Taking into account the discharges, the number of Covid-19 patients currently in intensive care increased by 221 in 24 hours.
22,153 people hospitalized on Friday
The number of resuscitation beds, already raised from 5,100 to 5,800 after the first epidemic wave, rose to 6,400 at the start of the week and should soon exceed 7,000, according to the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.
"Whatever we do, nearly 9,000 patients will be in intensive care in mid-November," Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, more than the 7,000 patients affected at the peak of the first epidemic wave in April.
The number of people hospitalized was 22,153 Friday, against 21,160 the day before.
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"There is no other solution," Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday evening, the day after the announcement of the measure by President Emmanuel Macron.