France recorded a sharp increase in the number of cases of COVID-19
7.3 thousand new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in France.
this is the highest figure since the start of lifting the restrictive measures. The dynamics of the spread of the epidemic in the country is growing exponentially.
President Emmanuel Macron said that the government is doing everything to avoid the return of restrictive measures. However, the introduction of a new quarantine cannot be ruled out.
On the eve of French Prime Minister Jean Casteks said that residents of Paris would have to wear masks en masse. He recalled that the government would like to avoid reintroducing isolation.
In total, during the COVID-19 pandemic in France, about 260 thousand cases of the disease were registered, more than 30 thousand people died.