Sources: Reuters
France reports a record 368,149 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2022-01-11
France begins to require people aged above 65 years to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose or lose their Health Pass validity status unless they show proof of a negative test in the previous 24 hours. The requirement will be extended to all age groups from January 15. 2021-12-15
France suspends 3,000 healthcare workers because they have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, a day after mandatory vaccination for health-related sector employees was implemented. 2021-09-16
France requires shoppers to show their "health pass" in order to enter 126 shopping centres that have a size of more than 20000 m2 in Paris and 12 departments that reached a threshold of 200 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. 2021-08-16
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in France reaches 27,613, the most since December 1. 2021-01-31
France reports 16,972 new cases in the past 24 hours, setting a new record for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-10-3
France reports 13,215 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, a new record since the start of the pandemic, while the daily death toll jumps to 154, a four-month high according to data from the health ministry. 2020-09-18
The health ministry says that France is seeing an "exponential" rise in cases as the country records its second-highest record of reported cases since March, with 7,379 new cases in the last 24 hours, raising the possibility of another nationwide lockdown. 2020-08-28
France reports 2,846 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as well as more than 12,300 new cases this week, making it the highest number of cases since the lockdown was eased in May. 2020-08-14
In a televised address, Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio confirms the country's first case of COVID-19, a 37-year-old man who had recently travelled back from France. 2020-03-31