A man wearing a protective mask rides an escalator at the financial and business district of La Defense as France reinforces mask-wearing in public places as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, ne
PARIS: The French health ministry reported 493 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours on Monday, sharply down from a caseload of above 3,000 each on the two previous days.
However, the number of hospitalisations for the disease rose by 65 to 4,925, increasing for the third day running.
France's cumulative total of cases now stands at 219,029.
