The French health ministry reported 4,711 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, a new post-lockdown record and a level last seen ...
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker, wearing protective suit and face mask, administers a nasal swab to a patient at a drive-through testing site for coronavirus disease near the hospital in Laval, in Mayenne department, France, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane MahePARIS: France reported 4,711 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Thursday , a post-lockdown record and a level last seen during the height of the epidemic in France, but the number of people in hospital with the disease fell.
Since then, the number of new infections per day has crept up to about 1,000 by the end of July, with an acceleration from mid-August. The seven-day moving average now stands close to 3,000, a level last seen mid-April. It said that the percentage of positive tests was increasing and stood at 3.3 per cent in the week of Aug 11-17, compared to 2.1 per cent in the first week of August, and more than double the 1.5 per cent seen in the last 10 days of July.
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