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.
(Reporting by GV De Clercq; Editing by Chris Reese)
