French director of public health on Monday reported 20,155 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, sharply down from Saturday’s record of 86,852 and Sunday’s 38,619.

The Monday figure tends to dip as there are fewer tests conducted on Sundays. The seven-day moving average of new infections, which averages out weekly data reporting irregularities, stood at 48,734.

The number of people in France who have died from COVID-19 infections rose by 551 to 40,987, versus 270 on Sunday and a seven-day moving average of 508. The cumulative number of cases now totals 1,807,479, the fourth-highest tally in the world.

Reuters