Paris, Sept 3, 2020, SPA -- France registered more than 7,000 new coronavirus infections over 24 hours for the second time in two days, Reuters cited the health ministry as saying today, on Thursday, just shy of a 7,578 record set on March 31, while hospitalisations for the virus also rose again. The health ministry also reported that the cumulative total of confirmed cases rose to 300,181, up by 7,157. It had reported an increase of 7,017 cases on Wednesday. The number of people in intensive care with the disease also rose again for the fifth consecutive day, up by 18 to 464. --SPA 21:13 LOCAL TIME 18:13 GMT 0020 www.spa.gov.sa/w1403808