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UK and France record most daily cases since start of pandemic, as university outbreaks linked to parties
By Emma Reynolds, Duarte Mendonca and Pierre Buet, CNN
Updated 3:10 PM ET, Fri September 25, 2020
(CNN)The United Kingdom and France both reported their highest rise in daily coronavirus case numbers Thursday with Europe in the grip of a second wave of infection.
It comes amid a flurry of outbreaks at universities across Europe, which has seen students in Scotland told "there must be no parties, and no socialising outside their households."
French health authorities reported 16,096 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours. A total of 31,511 people have died from coronavirus in France, and 497,237 cases have been reported.
The UK reported 6,634 new cases, bringing its total confirmed cases to 416,363, Public Health England (PHE) tweeted.
"This is the highest number recorded and a stark warning for us all. The signals are clear. Positivity rates are rising across all age groups and we're continuing to see spikes in rates of admission to hospital and critical care," said Public Health England medical director Yvonne Doyle.
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