French new daily coronavirus cases close to 2021 high

France reported 26,362 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up from 23,337 on Tuesday and just below the 2021 high of 26,916 set last Wednesday.

Despite increasing government curbs on the movement of people in the past weeks, the spread of the virus is not slowing and the seven-day moving average of new cases - which smooths out daily reporting irregularities - has been above 20,000 since Jan. 23, from 13,274 on Dec 31.

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