France’s COVID-19 daily infections top 60,000, an all-time high

Paris, Nov 7 : France confirmed a new record of 60,486 COVID-19 cases within 24 hours, beating Thursday’s tally of 58,046 cases, official data showed.
The cumulative number of people who caught the coronavirus stood at 1,661,853, the world’s fifth highest tally, according to figures posted on the government’s coronavirus information website on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Since the outbreak, France reported 39,865 deaths because of the coronavirus after 828 new patients died in one day.
On Friday, the country’s hospitals received 553 patients with COVID-19, bringing the number of hospitalizations to 28,979. That included 4,331 people who required life support, a single day rise of 101.
France went into a new lockdown to curb the “brutal” virus circulation a week ago, forcing closure of non-essential shops, including cafes, restaurants and shops not selling basic foods or medicines.
People were ordered to stay home. They have to sign documents if they have to go out to work, buy essential products or for a health emergency.