France sees 52 more virus deaths, no sign of epidemic resurging

Published May 30, 2020
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 23, 2019,  police officers work  at the scene where a lorry, believed to have originated from Bulgaria, and found to be containing 39 dead bodies, was discovered at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London. - A man suspected of being the organiser of the Vietnamese migrant smuggling network that smuggled into England a refrigerated lorry in which 39 people were found dead in October 2019 was arrested on May 27, 2020, in Germany, AFP learned on May 29, 2020, from corroborating sources. Twenty-six arrests also took place on May 26 in France
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 23, 2019, police officers work at the scene where a lorry, believed to have originated from Bulgaria, and found to be containing 39 dead bodies, was discovered at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London. - A man suspected of being the organiser of the Vietnamese migrant smuggling network that smuggled into England a refrigerated lorry in which 39 people were found dead in October 2019 was arrested on May 27, 2020, in Germany, AFP learned on May 29, 2020, from corroborating sources. Twenty-six arrests also took place on May 26 in France

France on Friday reported 52 coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and saw no sign of a resurgence as it prepared to further ease restrictive measures next week, AFP reports.

The latest deaths, which followed low figures over the last days, brought the total toll in France in the epidemic to 28,714, the health ministry said.

The number of people with coronavirus in intensive care — which at the peak of the epidemic soared to over 7,000 — fell by another 68 to 1,361.

France will on Tuesday remove significant restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the virus, with cafes and restaurants opening across the country.

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