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French patients in ICUs for COVID-19 above 1,400 for first time since May 28 – Metro US

French patients in ICUs for COVID-19 above 1,400 for first time since May 28

FILE PHOTO: Saliva tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in
FILE PHOTO: Saliva tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Marseille

PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities reported on Monday that the number of patients treated in intensive care units (ICUs) for COVID-19 has gone beyond the 1,400 threshold for the first time since May 28.

That figure is published the day before Paris is to be placed on maximum COVID-19 alert, meaning bars will be forced to close for two weeks, partly because of the sharp rise of the number of people in ICUs.

(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Franklin Paul)