DIRECT. Coronavirus: elections postponed in New Zealand

What you must remember :

• 3,015 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in 24 hours in France, according to figures released by Public Health France on Sunday evening.
• The wearing of a compulsory mask is coming into force in more and more city districts, while the debate is also taking place in companies.
• The pandemic has caused the death of more than 766,000 people around the world, including nearly 170,000 in the United States and more than 30,000 in France.

Live events:

6:18 am. Mask compulsory in the evening in Italy . It is this Monday that the mask becomes, for the first time, compulsory from 6 pm in the public places where the “formation of groups” takes place in Italy. This measure was announced on Sunday.

6:11 am. 50,000 dead in India since the start of the pandemic. This assessment is reached this Monday after the census of more than 900 deaths in 24 hours, according to official figures.

6:05 am. Elections postponed in New Zealand. Faced with a (slight) resumption of contamination, the New Zealand authorities acted very strongly and decided to postpone the legislative elections for four weeks, from September 19 to October 17. The country's main city, Auckland, has been re-confined until August 26 following the detection of several cases that had no known location with the overseas.

6 hours. Good morning all ! Welcome to this live to follow the news related to the coronavirus on Monday, August 17.