Editing Module:COVID-19 pandemic in France (section)

=== August–October 2020===
During August 2020, cases began to rise again. In the week ending 16 August 2020, more than 10,000 cases were reported during that week.

On 28 August 2020, France set a new record for the number of new cases in a single 24-hour period with 7,379 new cases reported. With this in mind, Paris made it compulsory to wear face coverings in most public spaces.

On 12 September 2020, France recorded more than 10,000 new cases in a single 24-hour period for the first time. Deaths had also begun to rise again, with 154 recorded on 18 September 2020, the highest since 17 May 2020 and the first time daily deaths increased by more than 100 since 16 June 2020.

On 5 October 2020, Paris once again shut its pubs, restaurants and cafes over a resurgence in cases, the second city to do so after Marseille. However, the government kept insisting that they would not impose a second nationwide lockdown.

On 10 October 2020, France recorded its then biggest daily increase in new cases with 26,896 new infections. President Macron announced in an interview on prime-time television on 14 October 2020 that in view of the vertiginous spread of the disease in several major cities, there would be 9&nbsp;pm–6am curfews imposed in areas which have become hotspots for the virus in the country, to last for 4 weeks; the financial aid measures and furloughing scheme for affected business would be re-introduced.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54535358|title = Coronavirus: French police raid ministers' homes in pandemic inquiry|work = BBC News|date = 15 October 2020|access-date = 15 October 2020|archive-date = 13 February 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210213002321/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54535358|url-status = live}}</ref>

On 15 October 2020, France became the first country in Europe to record more than 30,000 cases in a day, with 30,621 cases reported. This increase pushed France over the 800,000 mark in terms of cases, only the third country in Europe to reach this figure.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54557549|title=Coronavirus: France reports more than 30,000 new infections|work=BBC News|date=15 October 2020|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101224716/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54557549|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 22 October 2020, [[Prime Minister of France]] [[Jean Castex]] extended the overnight curfew to 38 more departments as cases surged, affecting 46&nbsp;million people (67% population).<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20201022-french-pm-castex-announces-new-coronavirus-measures-as-cases-surge|title = French PM Castex extends Covid-19 curfew to 38 more departments as cases surge|date = 22 October 2020|access-date = 24 October 2020|archive-date = 15 March 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210315090226/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20201022-french-pm-castex-announces-new-coronavirus-measures-as-cases-surge|url-status = live}}</ref>

On 23 October 2020, France's confirmed cases of COVID-19 passed 1 million. The total number of confirmed cases was 1,048,075, with an increase of 42,032, the highest daily rise in a 24-hour period.

On 25 October 2020, daily cases topped 50,000 for the first time, with a total of 52,013 new cases reported.

On 28 October 2020, Macron announced on a televised address that France would enter a second nationwide lockdown from 30 October 2020 that would last until at least 1 December 2020. Non-essential businesses such as [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food industry|pubs and restaurants]] would close but schools and factories would remain open.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54716993|title=Coronavirus: Macron declares second national lockdown in France|work=BBC News|date=29 October 2020|access-date=28 October 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028233715/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54716993|url-status=live}}</ref>