France's COVID infections keep increasing, hospitalizations up

A male using protective face mask strolls near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris, amidst the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) breakout in France, February 19,2022 REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

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PARIS, March 14 (Reuters) – French health authorities reported 18,853 brand-new COVID-19 infections on Monday, a figure proving a week-on-week boost for the tenth successive time on the day France raised most of the constraints put in location to consistof the pandemic. read more

The seven-day moving average of brand-new cases, which evens out reporting abnormalities, reached 65,882, the greatest consideringthat Feb. 24.

The number of individuals hospitalized for COVID-19 increased by 8, to 20,925, a figure still 37% lower than the pandemic peak of 33,497 reached in November2020 But it hasactually gone up for the 2nd day running, a veryfirst giventhat early February. And the week-on-week decline hasactually been decreasing for 9 days.

A modification in pattern in infections is normally noticeable 2 weeks lateron in hospitalizations figures.

The COVID-19 death toll went up by 185 over 24 hours, the steepest increase in 10 days, to 140,294.

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Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Chris Reese and Mark Porter

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