"New confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours: 4,771 (18,638 per week)," the statement said.
According to the French Ministry of Health, 4,748 patients are in the hospital, 380 of them are in intensive care units.
Since the beginning of the epidemic in France, 30,480 people have died with coronavirus.
Since August 10 in Paris, it has again become mandatory to wear masks in crowded places on the street.