France's new COVID-19 cases slow but deaths sharply up


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask walks past a bar, before the late-night curfew due to restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lille, France, October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

PARIS (Reuters) - France reported a massive increase of the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 on Monday, while also becoming the eighth country in the world to report more than 900,000 cases since the start of the outbreak.

The daily data showed the partial curfew imposed on nine major cities, including Paris, since Saturday has yet to yield some results.

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