PARIS – The French fitness government reported on Wednesday 26,676 new COVID-19 infections, the sixth time in 12 days, the count remained above the 25,000 threshold.
The number of other people who died in France from COVID-19 infections increased from 163 to 34,048, and the cumulative number of cases is now 957,421.
The resurgence of the pandemic is such that the government will announce a geographical extension of a curfew, recently imposed in Paris and 8 other major cities from 2100 to 0600. (Report via Benoit Van Overstraeten; Edited through Chris Reese)
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