PARIS, May 14 — France's daily death toll from the new coronavirus dropped yesterday to 83 from 348 the day before, bringing the total number of dead there to 27,074 and putting it just behind Spain in terms of overall fatalities from the disease. Three days after ending a 55-day lockdown, the...
French police on rollerblades patrol along the banks of the Seine after France began a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19 in Paris, France, May 13, 2020. — Reuters pic
France briefly overtook Spain on Tuesday as the country with the world's fourth-highest number of Covid-19 fatalities, but its southern neighbour earlier yesterday reported that its death toll had risen overnight to 27,104. Including 37,326 suspected cases in nursing homes, down 672, the total number of confirmed and suspected infections dropped by 0.3 per cent to 177,700, putting France seventh worldwide by that measure behind Brazil.
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