NEW France’s national public health agency identified 4,897 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday—the country’s highest day-to-day increase in infections since coming out of lockdown.
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The United States is the worst-affected country, with more than 5.6 million diagnosed cases and at least 176,659 deaths.France’s national public health agency identified 4,897 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the country’s highest day-to-day increase in infections since coming out of lockdown.Philippe Desmazes/AFP via Getty Images
People wearing face masks walk on a pedestrian street in Lyon, France, on Aug. 22, 2020, on the first day of mandatory mask wearing in parts of the city center. Masks are obligatory to curb the spread of COVID-19 caused in France in open areas of some cities, as well as on public transport and in enclosed spaces such as shops, banks and government offices.
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