French COVID-19 Patient Numbers Rise Again, Adding to Pressure for New Lockdown

Medical worker wearing protective gear works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where people suffering from CCP virus disease (COVID-19) are treated at Cambrai hospital, France, on March 25, 2021. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

PARIS—The number of patients with coronavirus in French intensive care units rose on Saturday to a new high for this year, increasing the pressure to impose new restrictions that President Emmanuel Macron says will probably be needed.

France had 4,791 ICU patients being treated for COVID-19, up from 4,766 on Friday, health ministry data showed.