France exceeds 40,000 confirmed cases per day … “Extended night curfew”

Entry 2020.10.23 10:22

Reuters reported that more than 40,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) occurred in one day in France on the 22nd (local time).

Consequently, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that the night curfew, which had been applied to nine regions, including Paris since the 17th, has been applied to 38 provinces since the 24th. You should not leave the house between 9pm and 9pm. 6:00 am the next day. As a result, 46 million people, or 70% of the total French population, were subject to a night curfew.

According to Reuters, the French Health Ministry said the number of corona-confirmed cases rose by 41,622 during the day. It has been 13 days since the number of confirmed patients exceeded 20,000 for the first time on day 9. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 990,9043, which is the second highest in Europe after Spain.

Prime Minister Castex said: “The second proliferation has arrived and the situation is dire,” he said. “If the number of patients does not decrease even with a night curfew, we will take stronger measures.”

As the number of confirmed cases increases There are even signs of a medical crisis. Currently, there are 11,4032 people hospitalized for corona in France, of whom 2,319 are known to be receiving treatment in intensive care units. The BFM news channel reported on the 22nd that 62.6% of intensive care units in hospitals in the ‘Ile de France’ area, an administrative district in Paris and its suburbs, were corona patients. Just two days ago, this rate was 54%.

Daily Le Monde said: “Frontline hospitals are postponing treatment of patients who are not in a rush right away and are treating corona patients first.”

in the meantime In Belgium, where corona patients are twice as high as in France in the last two weeks by population, Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes, 45, was transferred to the intensive care unit the same day while she was hospitalized after being infected with corona.

Wilmes, the first Prime Minister of Belgium and the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, served as Prime Minister for a year from October last year to the beginning of this month.