New French COVID cases could be 100,000 per day - government medical advisor

FILE PHOTO: French soldiers patrol in front of a closed bar before the nightly curfew due to restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nice, France, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

PARIS (Reuters) - France may be experiencing 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day -- twice the latest official figure -- Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, who heads the scientific council that advises the government on the pandemic, told RTL radio on Monday.

"There is probably more than 50,000 cases per day. We estimate, on the scientific committee, that we are more in the region of 100,000 cases per day," said Delfraissy.