China News Agency, Paris, September 29 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 29th local time, the number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in France exceeded 550,000. The infection rate of new crown pneumonia in Paris exceeded the official maximum warning threshold that day. The outside world is worried that Paris may be listed as Marseille. Enter the "strongest warning zone" of the epidemic.

　　The epidemic data of the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France had 8051 new confirmed cases in a single day on the 29th, and the official total number of confirmed cases was 550690.

The number of cluster infection cases under investigation has reached 1265 on the 29th.

In the past week, the positive rate of virus testing has reached 7.6%.

　　There are currently 6,500 new coronary pneumonia hospitalized patients in France, 85 more than the previous day; there are 1204 severe patients, 40 more than the previous day.

The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France has now risen to 31,893.

　　On the 29th, the infection rate of the new crown in Paris exceeded the official maximum alert threshold (250 infected per 100,000 residents).

According to official statistics in Paris, as of that night, the infection rate of the new crown in Paris has reached 259 infections per 100,000 residents.

　　The proportion of patients with new coronary pneumonia in the Paris hospital in the intensive care unit has reached 30%.

The head of the intensive care unit of a hospital in the center of Paris urged people to earnestly implement the epidemic prevention regulations and warned that patients with respiratory diseases such as influenza will put more pressure on the intensive care unit if it enters the winter.

　　The French Ministry of Health said that it will evaluate the epidemic data in the last week to finally decide whether to raise the alarm level in Paris.

If Paris, like Marseille, is included in the "strongest warning zone" for the epidemic in the future, it will also be officially required to adopt stricter restrictions to prevent and control the epidemic, and restaurants and bars will face complete closure.

　　French Prime Minister Castel met with representatives of the catering industry on the 29th, saying that the country will support related industries to tide over the difficulties.

He announced that the government will make specific commitments to support restaurants and bars closed due to the implementation of epidemic prevention measures, including financial support and assistance to the unemployed in the industry.

　　Many places in France have begun to implement new epidemic prevention measures one after another, aimed at combating the rebound of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

Marseille closed restaurants and bars for at least 15 days, and bars in Paris and other places closed before 10 pm.

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