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France recorded 21,634 new COVID-19 cases and 292 more deaths in last 24 hours

Reuters WORLD
Published December 24,2020
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     People wearing face masks walk past decorated shop windows of a department store in Paris on December 24, 2020, on Christmas Eve, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

France recorded a further 21,634 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases and 292 more deaths in hospitals from the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data from the health ministry.

France now has a total of 2,527,509 confirmed COVID-19 cases, while the total number of French deaths stands at 62,268.

France currently has the seventh-biggest COVID-19 death toll in the world.