PARIS (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus cases in France reached nearly 30,000 on Saturday while the number of people who received their first vaccine injection was 5 million, health ministry data showed.
As the government struggled to contain the outbreak, France reported 29,759 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, up from 25,229 the day before, the data showed.
The total number of deaths from the virus in hospitals rose by 169 to 64,978 while the number of people in intensive care units rose by 37 to 4,070, due to increasing pressure. growth of French hospitals amid rising numbers of cases.
France has the sixth highest number of COVID-19 cases, just behind Britain.
The French vaccine program has had logistic bottles and delivery problems from vaccine manufacturers.
The health ministry said 241,814 people had their first sightings of vaccination on Saturday, bringing the majority to 5,061,738 or 7.6% of the population. At the same time, 2,236,066 had received two injections.
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