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The celebrated and prolific French-British actor Michael Lonsdale, whose cinema career spanned six decades and included star roles in films by directors Orson Welles, René Clément, Marguerite Duras, Alain Resnais and Louis Malle, and who also played villain Hugo Drax in the Bond film Moonraker and deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, has died at his home in Paris aged 89.

The latest death toll amounts to a sizeable increase of 311 over the 31,274 published on Saturday, a difference that may reflect late arriving data for earlier fatalities.

Regional president Xavier Bertrand made the call ahead of a ministerial visit to the site in northern France.

News of Bruno Le Maire's positive test came as new COVID-19 cases in France went above 13,000 for the second day in a row.

Gilles Huberson is the target of an investigation by the foreign affairs ministry into allegations of sexual violence and sexual harassment spanning a number of countries, reports Mediapart.

France also reported 13,215 new confirmed coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, a new record since the start of the epidemic.

At least a dozen COVID-19 clusters have emerged since French campuses and classrooms opened this month.

The death toll in France rose by 45, bringing the total tally to 31,095.

Health minister Olivier Véran said measures would be announced for Lyon and Nice by Saturday, after curbs on public gatherings were imposed this week in Bordeaux and Marseille.

Noël Le Graët's comments came after PSG star Neymar says he was subjected to a racist slur after being sent off.