The number of confirmed new COVID-19 cases and deaths in France rose sharply in the last 24 hours, Reuters cited French health ministry data as publishing today, on Saturday. France registered 32,095 new COVID-19 cases over the previous 24 hours to reach a total of 1,954,599. Deaths in hospitals in France from COVID-19 rose by 359 over the previous 24 hours to reach a total of 44,246 so far.