On Sunday, France’s health ministry reported 52,010 new COVID-19 infections and 116 additional fatalities, marking the highest ever daily rise in cases and beating Saturday’s record of 45,422.
In total, France has reported 1,138,507 COVID-19 cases and 34,761 coronavirus related fatalities.
Over recent weeks, many European countries have reported sharp rises in new infections and fatalities, suggesting that a second wave is now sweeping across Europe.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 8.8 million infections and 230,235 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 7.9 million cases and 119,030 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.3 million cases and 156,952 deaths, Russia with 1.5 million cases and 156,952 deaths, and Spain with 1.1 million infections and 34,752 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 42 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 188 countries and territories.
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