France reports a record for the third consecutive day of 104,611 new cases of COVID-19, which is also the first time that the country has reported more than 100,000 new cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Italy reports a record for the third consecutive day of 54,762 new cases of COVID-19, therebybringing the nationwide totalofconfirmed cases to 5.62 million.
Ireland reports a record for the second consecutive day of 13,765 new cases of COVID-19.