The number of confirmed new coronavirus infections in France increased by 115, or 0.1%, to 144,921 on Sunday, the lowest daily increase since the country went into lockdown on March 17, the health ministry said in a statement.
But the number of patients in hospital with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, increased by seven to 17,185 after falling every day without interruption since April 15.
The number of people in intensive care continued its uninterrupted decline of the past six weeks, falling by 10, or 0.6%, to 1,655. It was the slowest decline since the peak of the crisis on April 8, when 7,148 people were in intensive care. The downward trend in confirmed cases remained intact, with the seven-day moving average setting a new low at 359, despite the end of a 55-day lockdown on May 11.
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