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France reports 5,893 people in intensive care units for Covid-19

Published April 18, 2021
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The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units (ICU) in France has risen by 16, the health ministry said, bringing the total of people in ICUs with the disease to 5,893.

The health ministry registered 140 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the last 24 hours. Overall, France's Covid-19 death toll breached the 100,000 mark on Thursday, the eighth-highest in the world.

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