NEW DELHI: France recorded 52,010 new COVID-19 cases in a day, which set a new record for COVID-19 cases in the country. According to official data, the number of cases in a day has crossed the 50,000 mark for the first time since the pandemic hit the world. The Public Health France (SPF) authority reported that 116 people had died over the former mentioned period, adding to the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic and taking the number to 34,761.
France has also passed the significant milestone of one million COVID-19 positive cases since the onset of the outbreak. The French government has prolonged the overnight curfew to cover areas where more than 46 million people live.