France reported a big fall in its coronavirus (COVID-19) toll yesterday, with 242 deaths in 24 hours, a drop of more than a third on the previous day.
The epidemic has now claimed 22,856 lives in the country since the beginning of March, health officials said.
The number of deaths in hospitals 152 was the lowest daily toll in five weeks, they said, while 90 people died in nursing and care homes.
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The numbers of COVID-19 victims in intensive care also dropped, but only slightly, to 4,682.
But officials said they were worried by an increase in critically ill patients suffering from other conditions.
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