The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France jumped by nearly 987 or 8 per cent to 13,197 as nursing home deaths ...
A woman walks past by a book left on a bench at the Pont des Arts bridge during lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease in Paris, France, Apr 10, 2020.. PARIS: The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France jumped by nearly 987 or 8 per cent to 13,197 as nursing home deaths swelled but fewer people were in intensive care as the effect of nationwide confinement started to show.
"We seem to be reaching a plateau, albeit a high level," health ministry director Jerome Salomon told a daily press briefing by video. The number of registered coronavirus infections also kept growing quickly. Unlike other major countries such as Italy, Spain and the United States, which report one single overall number for coronavirus cases, France reports two separate tallies: one for hospitals and one for nursing homes.
The widely followed Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 page, which tallies confirmed and presumptive positive cases, put the combined number at 125,930, which sets France in fourth place behind the United States, Spain and Italy.
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