(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) French confirmed cases exceeded 290,000 cases, French media said football star Neymar was diagnosed with infection
China News Service, Paris, September 2 (Reporter Li Yang) The spread of the new coronavirus in France is still accelerating on the 2nd local time. The number of newly confirmed cases in a single day once again exceeded 7,000, and the total number of official confirmed cases exceeded 290,000.
French media said the famous star Neymar was diagnosed with the infection that day.
According to the epidemic data released that night, France added 7,017 confirmed cases in a single day on the 2nd, and the total number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 290,000 on that day, reaching 293,024.
In the past 7 days, the positive rate of the new coronavirus in Paris has risen from 3.9% at the end of August to the current 4.3%.
The data shows that many important indicators of the epidemic continue to deteriorate. Currently, 4,614 patients are hospitalized, an increase of 28 from the previous day; the number of severely ill patients is 446, an increase of 22 from the previous day.
The number of cluster infections under investigation has increased to 384.
There are now 30,686 deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France.
France's Paris Saint-Germain Football Club notified on the 2nd that three players of the club were diagnosed with the new crown virus that day, but did not disclose their specific names.
Major French media such as AFP, BFM TV, Parisian and other major French media have confirmed that the infected include the famous player Neymar, who is currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain; he participated in the UEFA Champions League final in Portugal at the end of August Later, with teammates went to Spain on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza for vacation.
The Paris Saint-Germain Football Club stated that the three players with confirmed infections are "under health constraints"; in the next few days, players and coaches will continue to be tested for the virus.
According to the current French Football League epidemic prevention rules, if a football club has more than 4 confirmed cases within 8 days, the team’s collective training must be cancelled and the game may be postponed.
Due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the last Ligue 1 season has ended early, and the new Ligue 1 season has been affected by the epidemic just after it started.
The match between Marseille and Saint-Etienne, which was originally scheduled to be held at the end of August, was postponed to mid-September. The Ligue 1 new season opener was originally set to be this match, but was subsequently replaced by other matches.
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