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French average daily new COVID-19 cases below 5,000, first time since August 2020 – Metro US

French average daily new COVID-19 cases below 5,000, first time since August 2020

FILE PHOTO: Intensive care unit at the Centre Cardiologique du
FILE PHOTO: Intensive care unit at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis near Paris

PARIS (Reuters) – France reported 3,871 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, the second day in a row that the new cases tally was below 5,000 and the first time since late August 2020 that the seven-day moving average of new cases fell below 5,000.

The health ministry also reported 69 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals on Friday and just five virus deaths in retirement care homes over the past three days.

(Reporting by GV De Clercq)