France Reports 987 More Coronavirus Deaths, Toll Tops 13,000
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 10, 2020 | 11:10 PM
Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Apr, 2020 ) :France on Friday reported 987 more COVID-19 deaths registered in hospitals and nursing homes over the last 24 hours, although the number of patients in intensive care fell for the second day in a row.
The new deaths -- including 554 in hospitals and 433 in nursing homes --- brought the total toll in France to 13,197 since the epidemic began, top health official Jerome Salomon told reporters.
A child aged under 10 infected with COVID-19 died, but Salomon said that the causes of the death were "multiple". In better news, Salomon said there were now 62 fewer people in intensive care, continuing a trend first seen on Thursday.
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