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France's new COVID-19 cases rise by more than 7,000

French health ministry also reported the number of arrivals in hospital for COVID-19 over the last seven days had risen to 2,713 compared with 2,561 recorded on Monday.

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France’s health authorities on Tuesday reported 7,852 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, rising from 6,158 new infections on Monday, reports Reuters.

In a daily website update, the French health ministry also reported the number of arrivals in hospital for COVID-19 over the last seven days had risen to 2,713 compared with 2,561 recorded on Monday.

These included 479 admissions to intensive care units over the past seven days, up from 448 in Monday’s count, it said.

Read more of this report from Reuters.