France Reports Nearly 9,000 New COVID-19 Cases... Europe Faces Resurgence

Citizens are wearing masks near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in France reached about 9,000, marking a record high.

On the 4th (local time), the French Ministry of Health announced that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by 8,975 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 309,156.

The number of new cases on this day is the highest since the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The previous highest number of new cases in France was on March 31, when 7,587 people tested positive.

France had imposed a lockdown for about two months starting in March, seemingly controlling the spread of COVID-19 to some extent, but the spread intensified again after the summer vacation period.

New cases began to exceed 1,000 from the end of July, fluctuated between 2,000 and 5,000 in August, and this month, 7,017 and 7,157 new positive cases were confirmed on the 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Neighboring countries the United Kingdom and Spain are also experiencing a daily increase in new COVID-19 cases. The UK reported 1,940 new cases on this day, the highest since May 24, when 2,179 cases were recorded.

In Spain, new cases have steadily increased from 2,731, 3,663, 3,607, to 4,503 from the 1st of this month to this day. Germany recorded 470 new cases on the 30th of last month, then surged to 1,497 on the 31st, with new cases remaining in the 1,000 range through the 4th of this month.

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