France has detected 16,972 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection for the past 24 hours.
Foreign media say it is the highest daily rate since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country.
The total number of COVID-infected reached 606,625, with 32,198 dead.
The novel coronavirus infection claimed 49 people in the last 24 hours.
France hospitalized 4,087 people for a week, with 849 in critical condition.
Anano Nikoladze
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