Paris, Dec 25, 2020, SPA -- France registered 20,262 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases and 159 more related deaths in hospitals in the last 24 hours, Reuters cited the French health ministry data as showing. This came as fears of a new wave of the virus mount in the euro zone's second-biggest economy. France's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 2,547,771 while its COVID-19 death toll stands at 62,427 - the seventh-highest in the world. --SPA 22:17 LOCAL TIME 19:17 GMT 0014 www.spa.gov.sa/w1473563