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France reports post-lockdown peak with 3,310 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

People wearing protective face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walk in 'Les Terrasses du Port' commercial centre in Marseille on July 20, 2020, as masks become mandatory in all indoor public spaces. © Clément Mahoudeau, AFP

The French Health Ministry on Saturday reported 3,310 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, setting a new post-lockdown high for the fourth day in a row and taking the country's cumulative cases to 215,521.

A total of 252 clusters are being investigated, up 17 compared with 24 hours earlier, the ministry said in a website update.

In all, 4,857 people were in French hospitals on Saturday night for Covid-19, including 376 in intensive care.

The total death toll had increased by four over the past 24 hours, with the new total at 30,409.

(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS)

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