{"id":92578,"date":"2020-09-17T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T04:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=92578"},"modified":"2020-09-17T12:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T04:46:51","slug":"covid-19-french-cases-spike-again-icu-figure-at-3-month-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=92578","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: French cases spike again, ICU figure at 3-month high"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/image\/13118810\/16x9\/1280\/720\/136c055e6a65debd3b0505b8ee616ffe\/kC\/testing-site-for-covid-19-in-paris-3.jpg\" alt=\"French COVID-19 cases spike again, ICU figure at 3-month high\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PARIS, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The number of French people treated in intensive care units for covid-19 rose for the 20th straight day to a three-month high of 803, while the number of new daily cases was the third highest on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French health authorities reported 9,784 new infections, just below the 10,561 daily all-time high reached on Saturday, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 404,888, the second highest tally in Western Europe behind Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to journalists shortly after the arrival of the Tour de France&#8217;s seventeenth stage in the Alps, French President Emmanuel Macron said the virus was circulating &#8220;quicker and quicker in certain parts of the country&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The virus is here to stay for months, it will circulate everywhere in Europe and especially in France,&#8221; he said, adding that health rules must be obeyed to protect lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of people in ICUs is still almost nine times lower than the Apr&nbsp;8 peak of 7,148, but the upward trend is putting a renewed strain on the hospital system in certain parts, such as Marseille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total figure for COVID-19 hospitalisations increased by 140, at 5,819, rising by more than a hundred for the third day in a row, a sequence unseen since Apr&nbsp;14, when that number reached its record of 32,292.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of people in France who have died from COVID-19 infections rose by 46 to 31,045. That figure is higher than the seven-day moving average of 36, which itself is at its highest since the beginning of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, more French schools have closed after multiple students tested positive for COVID-19 while a further 2,100 individual classes have also been called off, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early last week, just 28 schools were closed shortly after the school year resumed but that number has climbed to 81 over the past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have around 1,200 new COVID cases among students compared with last week,&#8221; Blanquer told LCI television. &#8220;We shut down a class as soon as there are three cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the closures represent just a small fraction of the 60,000 schools across France, calling the beginning of the new school year &#8220;the best possible given the health crisis&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late Tuesday, the University of Montpellier in southern France said it had suspended classes at its medical school after about 60 students tested positive after a party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Rennes in western France also suspended classes for second- and third-year medical students this week after 83 tested positive. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The number of French people treated in intensive care units for covid-19 rose for the 20th straight day to a three-month high of 803, while the number of new daily cases was the third highest on record. 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