The death toll from Corona virus in French hospitals on Monday reached 3,024 cases, including 418 in the past 24 hours, which is the largest daily death toll on French soil since the outbreak of the epidemic, according to a census published by the government on the Internet.
The number of people infected with the virus who were hospitalized reached about 21,000 (an increase of 1,592 infected since Sunday), knowing that 5,056 infected people had been given intensive care, including 424 since Sunday.
But Health Director General Jerome Salomon gave a higher toll. In his daily statement, the number of patients who received intensive care was 5,107 (an increase of 475 patients since Sunday).
He explained that these "patients suffer from breathing difficulties or other problems."
Experts expect the epidemic to reach its peak this week in the Paris (Ile-de-France) region most affected by the virus, which has recorded 954 hospital deaths so far (an increase of 147 deaths since Sunday) and 1,792 people with intensive care (an increase of 124 cases), while admitting 597 new patients were admitted to the hospital, bringing the number of injured in the district's hospitals to 7,698