French COVID-19 cases see slowest weekly increase since June 2020

FILE PHOTO: People, wearing protective face masks, walk past a closed restaurant in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

PARIS (Reuters) – France reported 21,498 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 2.02% more than a week ago and the slowest week-on-week increase since late June 2020.

The health ministry also reported that the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 fell further by 774 to 24,254 and the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care fell again by 160 to 4,583. Both indicators fell for the ninth consecutive day.

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