COVID-19: Death toll in France cross 25,900-mark; 178 fatalities in 24 hours

The total death toll due to coronavirus has reached 25,987 in France, while hospitalizations and the number of patients in intensive care continued to fall, according to the official data released by the Ministry of Health. A total of 178 people have died in the past 24 hours, Xinhua reported. At 23,208, the number of hospitalized patients with coronavirus also fell, maintaining an uninterrupted three-week downward trend, the ministry added. The number of patients in intensive care also fell to 2,961, well below the 7,200 reported at the peak time on April 9. A total of 137,779 people infected by COVID-19 have been identified in France since the start of the pandemic on March 1.​

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