France reports 289 new fatalities due to COVID-19 in 24 hours, total death toll at 24,376

France registered 289 deaths caused by the coronavirus, bringing the tally to 24,376, the world's fourth-highest after the United States, Italy and Spain, while hospital data continued to show encouraging indicators as the government plans to lift the coronavirus lockdown on May 11, said health ministry director Jerome Salomon. on the epidemic. The number of people who succumbed to the COVID-19 slowed by 1.1 per cent on a daily basis, the lowest increase on a weekday since the end of March, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

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