The first case of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain has been confirmed in a French citizen living in Britain. He is asymptomatic and self-isolating at home in Tours in central France, the French health ministry said. The ministry said the case - the first in France - had been found in the city of Tours. France recorded 20,262 fresh, confirmed cases of coronavirus and 159 more related deaths in hospitals in the last 24 hours. France's number of confirmed coronavirus cases now stands at 2,547,771 while its Covid-19 death toll stands at 62,427 - the seventh-highest in the world.

Source: Mint December 26, 2020 03:04 UTC