French COVID-19 cases jump to new daily record above 13,000

A doctor talks with medical staff wearing protective suits and face masks, at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Unit of the military hospital Laveran in Marseille, France, September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 13,215 new confirmed coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, a new record since the start of the epidemic, while the daily death toll jumped to a four-month high.

The new cases pushed the cumulative total to 428,696 as the seven-day moving average of daily new infections rose to more than 9,300, compared to a low of 272 at the end of May, two weeks after lockdown was lifted.