France has registered a record 60,486 new confirmed coronavirus cases, after posting a record 58,046 on Thursday, health ministry data showed.

According to Reuters, the new cases took the total number of confirmed cases to 1.66 million, close behind Russia, which, with 1.73 million cases has the world’s fourth-largest number after the US, India and Brazil.

The ministry also reported 828 new deaths from coronavirus, including 398 deaths in hospitals over the past 24 hours, and 430 deaths in retirement homes over three days.

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