Numbers of French COVID-19 patients fall; no new death toll reported

The number of people in hospital with coronavirus in France fell by 387 to 16,798 on Monday, resuming a gradual decline that had been interrupted Sunday.

The health ministry said numbers in intensive care fell by 46 to 1,609, continuing a more than six-week downtrend.

France did not publish a new death toll. A total of 28,367 people had died from the virus as of Sunday.