More than a million cases of covid-19 in France since the start of the epidemic (Illustration) -

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We are the second country in Europe to take this step after Spain.

France passed the milestone of one million Covid-19 cases on Friday since the start of the epidemic.

The situation continues to deteriorate with again more than 40,000 new cases recorded in 24 hours, according to Public Health France.

A total of 42,032 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Friday, 410 more than the day before, a new record since the generalization of large-scale tests, to reach a total of 1,041,075, according to figures published by the agency.

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