PARIS: France on Wednesday (Apr 1) reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 509 more ...
PARIS: France on Wednesday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 509 more people had died in hospital to bring the toll to 4,032.
Salomon noted that the number of people in intensive care was already above France's pre-crisis intensive care capacity of around 5,000.France has been in lockdown since Mar 17 in a bid to slow the spread of the epidemic and officials have repeatedly warned it will take time for the measures to bear fruit.French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that when the confinement finally came to an end, it would likely be a step-by-step process.
France is currently carrying out 30,000 tests a day, far fewer than in neighbouring Germany, a weakness that has been repeatedly noted by the right-wing opposition.
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