France reported more than 1,500 new confirmed novel coronavirus cases on Friday, a spike unseen since May 30, while the number of additional fatalities linked to the virus rose by the highest amount in three days.
French health authorities said in a statement the total of newly confirmed infections rose by 1,588, way above both the daily average of 498 seen over the last seven days and the 430 daily average since the beginning of June.
The number of people who died from the disease increased by 26 to 29,778, compared to 21 on Thursday and 11 on Wednesday and an average of 19 over the past seven days. The number of people in hospital with the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus fell by 255 to 8,886, the first time that total is below the 9,000 threshold for more than three months.
Those in intensive care fell by 17 to 634. Both numbers have been trending downward for at least 10 weeks.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Dow Plunges 500 Points As U.S. Hits Record Number Of New Coronavirus CasesThe market opened lower today, with stocks taking a hit from the Federal Reserve’s latest bank stress-test results and a new record number of daily coronavirus cases in the U.S. by skleb1234
Read more »
Dow slides more than 500 points as the economic outlook gets drearierThe Dow and the broader US stock market tumbled Friday as investors grow increasingly worried about the economic outlook.
Read more »
France confirms it will read black boxes of downed Ukrainian jetFrance said on Friday it would download the black boxes from a Ukrainian airliner downed by an Iranian missile in January, easing a stand-off over where they should be read.
Read more »
Germany And France Promise New Financial Support To World Health OrganizationLess than a month after Trump vowed to stop funding the WHO, Germany promised to give over $560 million. France pledged about $100 million to a WHO research center — and an additional contribution of $56 million.
Read more »
Netherlands agrees to contribute 3.4 billion euros to Air France-KLM bailoutThe Dutch government has reached a deal with France to contribute 3.4 billion euros ($3.8 billion) to an Air France-KLM bailout that had strained relations between the airline group's state shareholders, sources told Reuters.
Read more »
France, Netherlands reach deal on 3.4 bln KLM bailout: company, ministerThe Dutch finance minister said on Thursday the government will hold a news conference on Friday to release details of an aid package agreed by France and the Netherlands on his country's contribution to bail out Air France-KLM .
Read more »