FILE PHOTO: Medical staff members wearing protective mask and suit work in the Intensive Care Unit where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease are treated at the hospital in Vannes, France, November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane MahePARIS: France's main COVID-19 indicators have reached two-month highs on average on Monday and the country's ski lifts will remain closed throughout February but the government is still hoping to avoid a third national lockdown.
French health authorities reported 4,347 new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours on Monday, down from Sunday's 19,325 and slightly higher than last Monday's 4,240. The number of people being treated in intensive care units for the disease was up again, at 3,228, going above the 3,200 threshold for the first time since Dec 6.France's cumulative total of cases reached 3,201,461, the sixth-highest in the world.
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