France reports record toll of 833 new coronavirus deaths

Published April 6, 2020
TOPSHOT - A health worker walks past a sign reading "Biological risk, Warning, Contaminated Zone" at the entrance of a gymnasium used as a decontamination centre for liberal health worker and home-based medics, on April 6, 2020, in Trignac, western France, on the 21st day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) — AFP or licensors
TOPSHOT - A health worker walks past a sign reading "Biological risk, Warning, Contaminated Zone" at the entrance of a gymnasium used as a decontamination centre for liberal health worker and home-based medics, on April 6, 2020, in Trignac, western France, on the 21st day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) — AFP or licensors

France on Monday reported that 833 more people had died of Covid-19 in hospitals and nursing homes over the previous 24 hours, its highest daily toll since the epidemic began, AFP reports.

“We have not reached the end of the ascent of this epidemic,” Health Minster Olivier Veran told reporters, as he announced the new toll which brought the total number killed in the coronavirus epidemic in France to 8,911.

Of the new deaths, 605 were registered in hospitals, Veran said.

A health worker walks past a sign reading "Biological risk, Warning, Contaminated Zone" at the entrance of a gymnasium used as a decontamination centre for liberal health workers and home-based medics, on April 6, 2020, in Trignac, western France, on the 21st day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. — AFP
A health worker walks past a sign reading "Biological risk, Warning, Contaminated Zone" at the entrance of a gymnasium used as a decontamination centre for liberal health workers and home-based medics, on April 6, 2020, in Trignac, western France, on the 21st day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. — AFP

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