PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities reported 7,360 daily new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the first time the tally has topped 7,000 since Sept 21. In another sign the virus is ramping up again, the seven-day moving average of daily new cases reached a more than one month high of 5,669. The cumulative total of new cases now stands at 7.16 million. Hospital cases – whose trend usually lags new case data by one to two weeks – were slightly down at 6,524 over 24 hours. But compared to last Saturday’s figure, the total is up by almost 200. The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care rose by 5 in 24 hours to 1,039 and by 32 over a week. France also registered 22 new deaths from the epidemic, taking the total to 117,643.
UK reports 41,278 new COVID cases, 166 deaths
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Britain reported 41,278 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 166 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test, official data showed. The figures compared to 43,467 new infections and 186 deaths reported on Friday.