(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of confirmed cases in France exceeds 4.55 million and the number of severe patients exceeds the peak of the second wave of epidemic
China News Agency, Paris, March 29 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 29th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France exceeded 4.55 million.
The number of severely ill patients with the new crown in France has now exceeded the number at the peak of the second wave of the epidemic in November last year.
On March 12, local time, data from the French Ministry of Health showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in France exceeded 4 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 90,000.
The picture shows people waiting for testing in front of a rapid detection point for the new coronavirus in Paris that day.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Yang
Official epidemic statistics show that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in France rose to 4,546,683 on the 29th; last week, an average of 37,000 new cases were confirmed every day, an increase of a quarter from the previous week's figure.
According to Worldometer's real-time statistics, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in France has now surpassed Russia, ranking fourth in the world.
The cumulative number of deaths in France is now 94,956, with 360 new deaths.
The data also shows that the number of severely ill patients with the new crown in France has risen to 4,974, surpassing the 4,919 at the peak of the second wave of the epidemic in November last year.
The occupancy rate of intensive care beds in France has now reached 89%, and 7,665 intensive care beds in France have been occupied by 6,833 (including those occupied by non-COVID-19 patients).
The shortage of intensive care beds in severely affected areas such as the Paris Region continues to worsen.
Medical experts have warned that the current epidemic is in danger of getting out of control.
Constantine, head of the intensive care unit of Pitier-Salpetril Hospital, said on the 29th that the prospect of the epidemic is very worrying, and the situation of the epidemic in April will be "terrible".
An open letter from more than 40 doctors in the Paris Region warned that hospitals would soon have to allocate the proportion of intensive care beds.
The Paris public hospital said that in the next 10 days, 15 days or 3 weeks, the public hospital system may be extremely saturated.
French public opinion generally believed on the 29th that French President Macron may make a final decision within the next 48 hours on whether to implement stricter controls, including closing schools and re-implementing a complete “city closure”.
The French national railway company has reduced its railway passenger capacity since the 29th and cancelled some trains in response to the reduction of passengers during the epidemic.
Morocco officially announced that as part of the epidemic response measures, passenger flights between Morocco and France will be suspended from the 30th until further notice.
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