France on Monday reported 67,641 new confirmed coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, a figure much lower than a couple of days ago, when daily additional infections were over 200,000.

But reported cases always tend to dip on Monday and the 67,641 is a record for that day, and the tally is more than twice as high as one week ago.

The seven-day moving average of new cases in France, which smooths out daily reporting irregularities, reached a new all-time high of 167,338, jumping almost fivefold in a month.