The French Ministry of Health data showed that 11,795 new confirmed cases of coronavirus were recorded today, Tuesday, up from 5,797 on Monday and almost unchanged from 11,532 cases a week ago, bringing the total number to 2.49 million..
The official number of new infections in France usually drops on Monday due to the delay in registering cases at the weekend.
The French authorities also recorded 802 new deaths, including 381 hospital deaths, compared to 351 deaths on Monday. The authorities announced that 421 deaths were recorded in homes for the elderly during the past four days, and the death toll from the pandemic in France has reached 61,702 so far..
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