PARIS — France reports 218 coronavirus deaths, the smallest number in a 24-hour period in more than five weeks.
Meanwhile, 144 fewer people are being treated today in intensive care units, top health official Jerome Salomon says.
The number of ICU patients peaked at 7,200 on April 9.
The last time the country recorded such a low daily number of fatalities was March 23, when there were 186 registered deaths.
France has the fourth highest death toll in Europe, with 24,594.
For Europe as a whole, the death toll has topped 140,000, according to a tally compiled by AFP based on officials sources.
The French government has announced the country’s strict lockdown will be eased from May 11, but the pace will be slower in harder hit areas such as the greater Paris area and the northeast quarter of the country.
— AFP
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