The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units in French hospitals continues to rise, increasing pressure to impose new restrictions.
The number of patients with COVID-19 in intensive care has been steadily increasing since it was registered at least on January 7 – 2573. Yesterday they were 4791, compared to 4766 the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.
The number is approaching the peak recorded in November, although last spring, when France introduced the first lockdown, a peak of more than 7,000 was registered, reminds Reuters.
The largest number of hospitalized in the intensive care unit was registered on November 16 – 4903, during the second wave of the epidemic.
The government’s decision to leave schools open has been called into question by the growing number of cases of covidity among students and resistance among teachers who threaten to strike.
Spain announced yesterday that it would require people arriving by land from France to show a negative coronavirus test.
The government is trying to speed up vaccination – France expects to receive 3 million doses this week, reaching 4 million a week in a month, Deputy Economy Minister Agnes Panier-Runache said on Radio Europe 1. According to the Ministry of Health, more than 7.7 million French people have received at least one dose.
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