"A lot has been done, not fast enough, not strong enough. Once this crisis is over, a massive investment plan and an upgrade of the career paths will be put in place for our hospital system," the president promised.
"We are just at the beginning. But we will make it through, because we will not surrender, because we have the strength," he stressed.
As of Wednesday, France has detected 25,233 cases of coronavirus infection, and 1,331 people have died of the virus, Director General of Health Jerome Salomon announced at a daily update of the coronavirus crisis.
In the last 24 hours, 2,933 more people were diagnosed with the COVID-19, which caused 231 more fatalities, as "the epidemic is still rapidly worsening in France," according to the health official.
A total of 11,539 patients were hospitalized, including 2,827 in a serious condition requiring life support, up by 12.4 percent from Tuesday, Salomon said, adding that 3,900 infected individuals were cured and returned home.
Salomon added the tally was based on hospitals' counting, and that authorities would compile data on deaths in retirement homes by next week "to have an overall accurate number of deaths across the country."
According to Frederic Valletoux, president of the French Hospitals Federation, the coronavirus fatalities were "probably higher" than the government's account.
"The increase in the official data is already major, but the absolute numbers would no doubt be effectively much higher if we aggregated what is happening in retirement homes as well as the people who die at home or who are not counted," Valletoux said.
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