French COVID-19 事例／患者s slow and 患者 一致するs continue to 落ちる
PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Coronavirus 感染 率s in フラン have slowed その上の and the number of COVID-19 患者s in hospital and 集中的な care continued to 落ちる, health 省 人物／姿／数字s showed, a 調印する that social distancing is keeping contagion in check for now.
Nearly two weeks after lockdown ended, health 省 data on Saturday showed the number of 確認するd 事例／患者s rose by 250 to 144,806 over 24 hours, an 増加する of 0.2%, below the 普通の／平均（する） 0.3% 増加する of the past seven days and 井戸／弁護士席 below the 普通の／平均（する） 0.8% 増加する seen in the last week of lockdown.
Italy and Spain have also 報告（する）／憶測d 確認するd 事例／患者s going up by 0.3% on 普通の／平均（する） in the past seven days.
The number of people in hospital with coronavirus in フラン fell by 205 to 17,178 on Saturday, continuing a 漸進的な 拒絶する／低下する that has continued for more than five weeks since a high of 32,292 on April 14. The number of people in 集中的な care fell by 36 or 2.1% to 1,665, a slide that has been 連続する for six weeks since the April 8 頂点（に達する） at 7,148.
Both numbers are 重要な 対策 of a 国家の health system's ability to 対処する with the 疫病／流行性の.
The French 政府 is watching the 感染 率 and the hospital numbers closely ーするために decide whether to 緩和する lockdown 対策 その上の in the weeks ahead.
The 省 said フラン's cumulative coronavirus death （死傷者）数 stood at 28,332, an 増加する of 117 or 0.4% compared to Thursday. Friday's death （死傷者）数 data were not 利用できる.
The 省 said it will update the death （死傷者）数 again on Monday.
After showing a higher death （死傷者）数 than Spain for 10 days, フラン again fell below Spain, which 報告（する）／憶測d an 増加する of several hundred deaths on Friday.
On Saturday, Spain's cumulative death （死傷者）数 stood at 28,678, or 346 more than フラン, making Spain again the country with the world's fourth-highest death （死傷者）数 after the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, Britain and Italy. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Geert De Clercq; editing by Dav id Evans)
