(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The total number of confirmed cases in France exceeds 6.42 million, and the medical systems are stepping up to respond to the fourth wave of epidemic
China News Agency, Paris, August 13 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 13th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in France exceeded 6.42 million.
Due to the continuous increase in the number of hospitalized patients caused by the fourth wave of the epidemic, medical systems in many places have stepped up their response.
Official epidemic data showed that France had 26,453 new confirmed cases in a single day on the 13th, and the total number of confirmed cases reached 6,425,436.
The cumulative number of deaths in France is now 112,607, with 74 new deaths.
The analysis report of the epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health on the same day concluded that the number of infections caused by the delta strain of the new crown mutant virus continued to increase, and the increase in infection cases has slowed slightly compared with the past few weeks; the situation of hospitalized patients has not yet been alleviated; France The epidemic situation in the overseas provinces of Martinique and Guadeloupe is still severe.
At present, the number of inpatients with the new crown in France is 9,546, an increase of 81 from the previous day; the number of severely ill patients is now 1831, an increase of 24 from the previous day.
As the number of hospitalized patients continues to increase, medical systems in many places have adopted various measures to step up their response.
In Martinique, where the current epidemic is the most severe, the local medical system is facing saturation due to the epidemic. The French army doubled the number of patients in the field hospital set up there on the 13th and increased the number of intensive care beds to 20.
According to the French BFM television station, the field hospital is composed of more than 50 medical staff from the French Army.
French Saint Martin announced on the 13th that due to the sharp increase in local new crown infection cases, the local hospital launched the "white plan" that day to strengthen the ability to treat patients with new crown.
At the same time, the local curfew will start from 10 pm to 8 pm.
In addition, France continues to transfer patients from severely affected areas to other places for treatment.
On the 13th, six patients with new crowns from Corsica and Occitane were transferred to Brittany and the Greater Eastern Region for treatment.
Another 6 patients will be transferred from Martinique to Paris for treatment in the next two days.
French government spokesman Attar reiterated that the official vaccination goal is to achieve at least one dose of vaccine for 50 million people by the end of August.
He pointed out that the vast majority of French people still choose to be vaccinated.
According to official data, 46.1 million people in France have been vaccinated with at least one dose, accounting for 68.4% of the French population; 38.8 million people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for 57.5% of the French population.
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