PARIS (HRNW) – France on Tuesday reported 762 more COVID-19 deaths in hospitals and nursing homes, bringing its total toll from the epidemic to 15,729.
The number of confirmed cases in France now exceeds 100,000, health official Jerome Salomon told reporters, adding however that the total number of patients in intensive care fell for the sixth day in a row, by 91 to 6,730
Despite the heavy new death toll, Salomon said that the latest data confirmed that France s month-long lockdown was beginning to have an effect.
“We have observed a plateau over the last days… Thanks to your efforts and the lockdown we have managed to limit the spread of the virus,” he said.
The new toll was released after President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that the epidemic “was beginning to steady” in France and added the lockdown could begin to be eased from May 11.
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