However, health and local authorities were cautiously optimistic, warning that social distancing instructions should be strictly respected despite some good signs and good weather.
"Let us all be mobilized to fight against COVID-19. Let us respect the instructions, strict confinement, physical distance and barrier gestures, to protect ourselves, protect our loved ones," the ministry said, warning that the coronavirus "continues to hit hard."
"Even if the weather is nice, don't forget that to limit the spread of COVID-19, containment measures are still in place," Paris police prefecture said on Sunday.
Warm spring weather had incited Parisians to walk out, defying a lockdown imposed in mid-March to stem the virus spread.
Footages broadcasting by local TV channels showed many people walking or jogging along the bank of the Seine river enjoying a sunny Sunday.
"When we see some of these images, when we see some of these attitudes, it is true that it is totally incomprehensible," said Jean Rottner, head of the Grand Est region, the worst-hit region.
"We are in a period of confinement. Staying at home saves your own life and that of others," he told BFMTV news television.
Rottner warned that even if emergency calls decreased and beds in intensive care units became more available, "the situation remains tense."
France has imposed a two-week nationwide lockdown on March 17, and it was extended to April 15.
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