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French patients in ICUs for COVID-19 above 2,000 for first time since June 14 – Metro US

French patients in ICUs for COVID-19 above 2,000 for first time since June 14

Intensive care unit at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private
Intensive care unit at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis near Paris

PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities reported on Wednesday that the number of patients being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) for COVID-19 has risen above 2,000 for the first time since June 14.

That figure has more than doubled in less than a month as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is putting a renewed strain on the French hospital system.

(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten Editing by Mark Heinrich)