Virus claims another 753 lives in France as deaths approach 18,000

The coronavirus outbreak has claimed another 753 lives in the last 24 hours in France, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 17,920, top French health official, Jerome Salomon, says.

But the number of virus patients hospitalized drops by 474 and the number in critical care declined by 209, the health ministry’s number two official says.

“The spread of the virus is stabilizing at a high level,” he adds.

— AFP

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