The French health ministry reported 2,846 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Friday, setting a new post-lockdown daily high for ...
PARIS: France declared its capital Paris and the port city of Marseille high-risk zones for coronavirus on Friday as the government reported more than 2,500 new infections for the third day in a row.
The seven-day moving average of new infections, which smoothes out reporting irregularities, increased to 2,041, doubling over the last two weeks.This went beyond the 2,000 threshold for the first time since April 20, when France was in the middle of one of Europe's strictest lockdowns. Despite the rise in cases, which prompted Britain to remove France from its list of safe travel destinations, the number of people hospitalised due to the disease continued to fall, having dipped below 5,000 for the first time since mid-March on Wednesday.Health ministry epidemiologist Daniel Levy-Bruhl described the situation as"worrying", stressing the number of new cases was up sharply in all age groups but especially 25 to 35-year olds.
The number of people in ICUs for the disease has fallen to 367, a new low since mid-March and a level almost 20 times lower than a 7,148 peak reached on Apr 8. Speaking on BFM TV, Levy-Bruhl said authorities are not"presently worried by the hospital situation but we are worried of how this situation could evolve if measures are not taken to stop the increase of cases we're witnessing".
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