PARIS — France reported 21,231 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, slightly up from 20,701 on Friday.
The number of people in France who have died from COVID-19 infections rose by 199 to 81,647 – the seventh-highest death toll globally – versus 320 on Friday.
There were 10,037 new patients hospitalized with the disease over the last seven days and 1,795 new admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) over the period, the Health Ministry said.
In contrast with some of its neighbors who are struggling to control more contagious variants, France has resisted resorting to a new lockdown, hoping a national curfew in place since Dec 15, first at 8 p.m. then at 6 p.m., will b…
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