France extends lockdown by two weeks
France has extended its lockdown by another two weeks after recording 299 deaths overnight.
Prime Minister of France Edouard Philippe said it was clear that the country was “just at the beginning of this epidemic wave”.
French authorities revealed there were now 32,964 confirmed cases of the virus, up on 3,809 from the previous day.
There have been 1,995 deaths in hospital overall.
This is lower than the big jump of 365 deaths in 24 hours that Salomon announced on Thursday evening.
There are 15,732 people in hospital, with 3,787 in intensive care. One third are under 60 years old and 42 of those in intensive care are under 30 years old.
