In Paris, 84 people with the coronavirus died Wednesday in region hospitals, which are at 92% capacity.
There are 1,050 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and another 600 patients in ICU with other ailments, Aurelien Rousseau, head of the Paris region health service, tells public broadcaster France-Info.
France is in a monthlong partial lockdown to lessen rising coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths. Restaurants and non-essential stores are closed, but schools remain open.
The infection rate per 100,000 people remains extremely high at around 480.
With more than 27,000 people hospitalized across France, COVID-19 patients occupy more than 80% of the nation’s ICU beds, according to the public health agency. That’s the highest level since April.
Overall, France has 1.5 million confirmed cases and 38,674 deaths, the seventh-highest toll worldwide.
— AP
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