(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 930,000 confirmed cases in France have increased pressure on intensive care units in Paris and other places
China News Agency, Paris, October 20 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 20th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France exceeded 930,000.
The current epidemic situation is more severe, and the pressure on intensive care units in Paris and other places is increasing.
The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France had 20,468 newly confirmed cases on the 20th, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 930,000 on that day, reaching 930,745.
The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 33,885, with 262 new deaths.
The data show that the momentum of the spread of the virus has not been reversed.
The number of cluster infections under investigation has now increased to 1829, and the number of new cluster infections in a single day on the 20th has reached 148; the positive rate of virus testing has risen to a new high of 13.6%.
The increase in the number of inpatients and critically ill patients with the new crown in France continues.
On the 20th, the number of inpatients with the new crown in France was 12,458, an increase of 797 from the previous day; the number of critically ill patients is now 2,177, an increase of 78 from the previous day; the number of inpatients in the Greater Paris area has reached 3324 on the 19th, an increase from the previous day 156 people, including 655 severely ill patients.
Intensive care units in Paris and other places are facing greater pressure.
The occupancy rates of intensive care units for patients with new crowns in Paris and Lyon have both exceeded 50%.
On the evening of the 20th, the bed occupancy rate of the intensive care unit for new crown patients in the greater Paris area has reached 59.4%, far exceeding the alert threshold.
French health experts pointed out that it is necessary to be alert to the continuous increase in the occupancy rate of the intensive care unit for patients with new crowns. If the intensive care unit receives more and more patients with new crowns, it will inevitably affect the care and treatment of critically ill patients with other diseases. When the autumn and winter flu season approaches, the future development of the situation is even more optimistic.
The health department of the Greater Paris region warned that the local population of severely ill patients is growing too fast. The fight against the epidemic can only be successful if the people reduce social activities and comply with the epidemic prevention rules, and all medical staff and professionals participate in the fight against the epidemic.
French Health Minister Vilan said on the 20th that the number of beds in the intensive care unit of the French medical system has increased by 15% since this summer.
He said that the medical system has also stepped up the training of medical staff in the summer.
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