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More than 10,000 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in France in a single day, the highest daily number in the country since the pandemic began.
A total of 10,561 new COVID-19 The infections were recorded on Saturday, the first time they surpassed 10,000 in 24 hours in France.
The total surpasses the previous record of 9,843 new cases reported Thursday.
The number of coronavirus deaths in hospitals and nursing homes in France increased by 17 in 24 hours, bringing the total to 30,910.
The latest figures came on the day that French police fired tear gas and arrested more than 250 people in Paris while fighting with protesters of the “yellow vest” trying to reactivate an anti-government movement.
‘Yellow vest’ protesters gathered in Paris on Saturday
France has been grappling with a resurgence in coronavirus cases, and on Friday French Prime Minister Jean Castex outlined plans to speed up testing and toughen up measures in certain cities.
The French government is trying to prevent a repeat national shutdown.
During the past week there were 2,432 hospital admissions for COVID-19 in France, including 417 patients taken to intensive care units, the country’s Ministry of Health said.
People wearing face masks shop at a market in Rennes, western France, on Saturday
Castex, who came out of self-isolation on Saturday after testing negative for COVID-19 after contact with someone with the virus, warned that the situation “is obviously getting worse.”
He announced on Friday that the self-isolation time of COVID-19 in France has been reduced from 14 days to seven days because it is the period “in which there is a real risk of contagion” and in order to better guarantee the application of the measure . .
French health authorities argued this week that the 14-day quarantine was not well respected by many in the country who considered it too long.
Mr. Castex announced that specific testing centers will be established to provide priority results to individuals who have symptoms or who have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive or who are medical personnel.
People across France have reported long lines to get tested and several days to get the results.
Doctors in Marseille, the country’s latest virus outbreak, began raising the alarm this week.
All 70 intensive care unit beds dedicated to virus patients in France’s second-largest city and the surrounding Bouches-du-Rhone region were occupied on Tuesday.
France is on the UK’s travel quarantine list, which means that anyone entering the country must isolate themselves at home for 14 days.
