France's daily COVID-19 infections top 7,000 for first time since mid-Sept

  • 10/30/2021
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PARIS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 7,360 daily new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the first time the tally has topped 7,000 since Sept 21. In another sign the virus is ramping up again, the seven-day moving average of daily new cases reached a more than one month high of 5,669.The cumulative total of new cases now stands at 7.16 million. Hospital cases - whose trend usually lags new case data by one to two weeks - were slightly down at 6,524 over 24 hours. But compared to last Saturday"s figure, the total is up by almost 200. The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care rose by 5 in 24 hours to 1,039 and by 32 over a week. France also registered 22 new deaths from the epidemic, taking the total to 117,643.

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