The deaths include two women found drowned in a cellar in the Bouches-du-Rhône region.

The underlying tension is linked to the election, which is polarising politics. After nearly a decade in office, the centrist Mr Macron is constitutionally barred from running again. Many protesting students have no memory of life under a different leader. France wants change, but is deeply divided about what should come next.

At least 1,800 people were arrested after violent groups clashed with law enforcement during nationwide protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions.

The order in the French capital comes into force at 23:00 local time (22:00 BST). In Nice, restrictions specifically for young people will begin at 21:00.

(Corrects headline, no change to story text) By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - France on Thursday reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus usually found in livestock in a patient who later died,

French officials implemented local curfews Monday and said an "ultra-left movement" was behind widespread violence and vandalism amid anti-government protests.

France is on fire, and it faces a political and an economic reckoning that feels dangerously familiar to Americans.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that "illegitimate" protests would ​be banned in the coming days and blamed "seditious" ultra-left groups and vandals for last weekend's ‌riots and looting.

France is facing a mounting economic crisis that pushed its 10-year government bond yield to a new 24-year high on Thursday.