France's COVID-19 cases top 1 million

The number of COVID-19 infections in France had reached 1,000,369 as of 01:24 GMT on Thursday, while the country's death toll hit 34,075, according to the latest figures from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

France has become the second European country, after Spain, whose COVID-19 cases surpassed 1 million mark on Wednesday.

More French cities would move to maximum alert for coronavirus, where a curfew would be imposed, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said earlier on Wednesday.