A woman wearing a mask walks past a closed restaurant in Paris, France, Feb. 3, 2021. France's cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic rose to 3,251,160 after 26,362 people tested positive for the virus in one day, official figures showed on Wednesday. "What indicates these figures is neither lull nor explosion," said government spokesperson Gabriel Attal at a weekly briefing. "We are on a high plateau but more or less stable." Attal told reporters "the situation remains fragile" but it "is in our hands ... Confinement is not inevitable and it is our collective efforts that will allow us to avoid it." (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

A man wearing a face mask walks on the street in Paris, France, Feb. 3, 2021. France's cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic rose to 3,251,160 after 26,362 people tested positive for the virus in one day, official figures showed on Wednesday. "What indicates these figures is neither lull nor explosion," said government spokesperson Gabriel Attal at a weekly briefing. "We are on a high plateau but more or less stable." Attal told reporters "the situation remains fragile" but it "is in our hands ... Confinement is not inevitable and it is our collective efforts that will allow us to avoid it." (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

People wearing masks walk past the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, Feb. 3, 2021. France's cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic rose to 3,251,160 after 26,362 people tested positive for the virus in one day, official figures showed on Wednesday. "What indicates these figures is neither lull nor explosion," said government spokesperson Gabriel Attal at a weekly briefing. "We are on a high plateau but more or less stable." Attal told reporters "the situation remains fragile" but it "is in our hands ... Confinement is not inevitable and it is our collective efforts that will allow us to avoid it." (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

A woman wearing a face mask walks her dog on the street in Paris, France, Feb. 3, 2021. France's cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic rose to 3,251,160 after 26,362 people tested positive for the virus in one day, official figures showed on Wednesday. "What indicates these figures is neither lull nor explosion," said government spokesperson Gabriel Attal at a weekly briefing. "We are on a high plateau but more or less stable." Attal told reporters "the situation remains fragile" but it "is in our hands ... Confinement is not inevitable and it is our collective efforts that will allow us to avoid it." (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

People wearing masks walk past the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, France, Feb. 3, 2021. France's cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic rose to 3,251,160 after 26,362 people tested positive for the virus in one day, official figures showed on Wednesday. "What indicates these figures is neither lull nor explosion," said government spokesperson Gabriel Attal at a weekly briefing. "We are on a high plateau but more or less stable." Attal told reporters "the situation remains fragile" but it "is in our hands ... Confinement is not inevitable and it is our collective efforts that will allow us to avoid it." (Xinhua/Gao Jing)