Paris, December 18 According to the data released by the French government website on the 18th, France has added 15,674 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with a total of 2442,990 confirmed cases; 610 new deaths, with a total of more than 60,000 deaths, reaching 602 29 cases.
According to the data, 24,977 coronavirus patients in France are currently being treated in hospitals, of which 2,773 are being treated in intensive care units.
French President Macron was diagnosed with COVID-19 on the 17th. On the 18th, Macron said on social media that he was in good health at present, but he still had fatigue, headache, dry cough and other symptoms.
Macron called on the public to remain vigilant against the epidemic and abide by the health and epidemic prevention regulations.
Salomon, the director of the French General Health Agency, said on the 17th that due to the weather and the turnover of people before the end of the year, the risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus is relatively high, and we should beware of the rebound of the epidemic.
Jean-François Del Fressy, a French immunologist and head of the Scientific Committee on the Coronavirus, said on the 18th that the novel coronavirus is still widely spread in Europe, and every effort must be made to avoid a third wave of outbreaks.