(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) France's new diagnoses exceeded 45,000 in a single day, the Minister of Health warned that the epidemic will continue to worsen

  China News Agency, Paris, October 24th (Reporter Li Yang) On the 24th local time, more than 45,000 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly diagnosed in France in a single day, setting a new high since the outbreak.

French Minister of Health Vilan warned that the epidemic would continue to worsen.

  According to the epidemic data released that night, the number of newly confirmed cases in France exceeded 45,000 in a single day on the 24th, reaching 45,422.

This is also where the number of newly confirmed cases in France exceeded 40,000 in a single day for 3 consecutive days.

The total number of confirmed cases in France has exceeded 1.08 million on that day, reaching 1,086,497.

  The data shows that the virus is still spreading.

The number of cluster infection cases under investigation increased to 2,218 on the 24th, and the positive rate of virus testing has reached 16%.

The number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in France is now 34645, with 137 new deaths.

  The number of inpatients with the new crown in France increased to 15,637 on the 24th, an increase of 652 over the previous day; among them, the number of inpatients with the new crown in the greater Paris area has approached 4000, 3971, an increase of 63 from the previous day.

The number of hospitalized patients in all administrative regions of the French mainland increased that day.

  French Prime Minister Castay visited Marseille in southern France on the 24th to inspect the local response to the epidemic. He visited the local hospital and talked with medical staff. At the same time, he also held talks with local officials to discuss how to stimulate the economy and promote employment during the epidemic. Measures.

  French Minister of Health, Vilan, spoke at the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) on the 24th and warned that the epidemic would worsen in the coming weeks.

He called on members of the National Assembly to support the bill to extend the health emergency in response to "a long and difficult period."

  Vilan said that the relevant bill aims to ensure that French officials can take active measures to protect the people during this difficult period.

He responded to questions raised by some parliamentarians and emphasized that all sectors of the French society should unite to deal with the epidemic.

  The French National Assembly voted to pass the relevant bill that night authorizing the extension of the health emergency until February 16 next year.

The bill is expected to come into effect in early November.

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