FILE PHOTO: Devotees attend Sunday mass at the Saint-Sulpice Church under strict sanitary rules, after one month interruption due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France, November 29, 2020. The placard reads: "Celebration space limited to 30 people". REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - France's recorded 4,005 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, the smallest rise since August, but a down trend in hospitalisations has slowed, suggesting the country is not out of the woods.
President Emmanuel Macron said last week that a lockdown could be lifted on Dec. 15 if by then the number of new infections per day fell to 5,000 and the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care declined to between 2,500 and 3,000.
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