PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities reported on Monday that the number of people in intensive care units with COVID-19 had risen by 92 in the previous 24 hours to 4,219, the highest level since late November.
The health ministry’s Geodes website also reported a provisional 333 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals, compared to 140 on Sunday and a seven-day moving average of 261.
Over the weekend, hospitals in the Paris area – which account for more than a quarter of all COVID-19 patients in intensive care units – started transferring patients to other parts of France to reduce pressure on the capital’s health system.
(Reporting by GV De Clercq; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
