France's health ministry says 9,843 new coronavirus infections had been recorded

  • 71 new clusters confirmed

48,542 new cases have been confirmed over the last week

  • Over a million tests have been conducted for the week
  • positive rate leaping to 5.4%

Paris introduced a mandatory mask rule at the end of August.

Further social distancing measures on the way would be the safe bet.

France's health ministry says 9,843 new coronavirus infections had been recorded