Paris, Oct 22, 2020, SPA -- French health authorities reported 41,622 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over 24 hours today, on Thursday, an all-time daily high that was published shortly after the government announced a broad extension of the curfew put in place a week ago in Paris and other major cities, according to Reuters. The number of people in France who have died from COVID-19 infections was up by 162, at 34,210, and the cumulative number of cases now totals 999,043. --SPA 21:49 LOCAL TIME 18:49 GMT 0018 www.spa.gov.sa/w1434230