France reports 14,929 new COVID cases, 276 more deaths in past 24 hours

Passengers arrive at the Eurostar terminal at Gare du Nord train station, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Paris, France December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

France registered 14,929 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 276 more deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, according to French health ministry data published on Wednesday.

France now has a total of around 2.5 million confirmed COVID-19 infections and 61,978 deaths from the respiratory disease since the pandemic began early this year.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Jean-Michel Belot; Editing by Mark Heinrich)