France reports first decrease in coronavirus intensive care patients
France may have reached a plateau in the Covid-19 epidemic, with the number of patients in intensive care falling for the first time, General Health Director Jerome Salomon said. France has now recorded 8,044 deaths in hospitals and 4,166 in nursing homes and similar institutions, Salomon added.
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- Published Date: 09:36 | 09 April 2020
- Modified Date: 09:37 | 09 April 2020
France on Thursday reported its first fall in the number of patients in intensive care suffering from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, with 82 fewer people in intensive care units compared with the day earlier.
There are now 7,066 patients in intensive care, top French health official Jerome Salomon told reporters, adding that the total combined death toll in hospitals and nursing homes had now risen to 12,210.
Urging people to keep on observing a nationwide lockdown, he said: "Thanks to these measures, we are in the process of putting the brakes on the epidemic."