PARIS (Reuters) – France reported a new surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours along with another rise in deaths, according to data published from the country’s health ministry on Wednesday.
The ministry said there had been a further 16,282 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in France to 2,170,097.
It added the death toll had risen to 50,618 – up by more than 380 from the previous day.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Chris Reese)
