More than 2,500 new coronavirus cases were registered in France in 24 hours in the sharpest increase since May, government data showed on Wednesday, as officials said indicators were “clearly worsening”.

Of 600,000 tests over the past week more than 11,600 were positive, the health ministry’s DGS public health division said.

At 2.2 percent, the weekly rate of positives was up from 1.6 percent the week before, confirming “increased viral circulation”, it added.