France has had 10,561 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, health authorities said today, a new daily record as the number topped 10,000 for the first time.
The latest daily count, surpassing the previous record of 9,843 new infections reported on Thursday, highlights a resurgence of the disease in France.
The rise led the government to outline additional measures yesterday to avert a return to the general lockdown put in place earlier in the year.
Prime Minister Jean Castex promised steps to speed up tests and toughen local measures in high-infection zones. Mr Castex warned there was a "clear worsening" in the country's outbreak, and that a recent increase in Covid-19 hospitalisations was particularly worrying.