Number of COVID-19 ICU patients in France sees biggest drop in a year

FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers adjust medical equipment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis, near Paris, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in France, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) – The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICU) in France fell by 171 to 5,231, the biggest one-day drop in 12 months, health ministry data showed on Thursday.

The ministry also reported 219 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals over 24 hours, down from +244 on Wednesday.

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