FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for COVID-19 patients at Pasteur hospital in Nice, France, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus cases in France compared to a week earlier rose for the third day in a row, with the health ministry reporting 22,371 new cases on Saturday, compared to 21,231 last Saturday.
The seven-day moving average of new cases increased further by 163 to 19,217, after falling nearly continuously in the first half of the month.
