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France became the first European country to exceed 2 million coronavirus cases on Tuesday, despite a nationwide quarantine that led to a steep drop in new infections, according to Reuters calculations.
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France is currently in fourth place in the world for the number of reported infections, 2,036,755, after the United States, India and Brazil. With a death toll of 45,000 coronaviruses, France ranks seventh in the world, News.ro informs.
In Europe, nearly 14.5 million cases of Covid-19 have been reported, which is the most affected region in the world and accounts for over 26% of all infections.
In France, after the peak of 87,000 infections in a single day, reached on 7 November, their number has significantly decreased, and the daily total reached its lowest level in over a month of 9,406 on Monday. Data tends to be lower on Mondays, because fewer tests are performed on Sundays.
French Health Minister Olivier Veran said Tuesday that the country is regaining control over the coronavirus, but is not yet ready to ease the nationwide quarantine.
Despite the decline in new cases, the number of people hospitalized for Covid-19 has reached a record high, with France in third place in Europe for disease-related deaths, after the UK and Italy.
The government of President Emmanuel Macron has set 1 December as the deadline for the end of the quarantine.
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