France has registered a total of 1,829,659 confirmed cases of coronavirus, up by 22,180 over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said.

The ministry also reported 472 new deaths in hospitals from the disease over the last day, adding the numbers had increased sharply over the past week because some institutions were catching up on reporting data that had not been previously given.

A man walks his dog past a commercial space for rent in a street in Nantes, France on Tuesday. — Reuters
A man walks his dog past a commercial space for rent in a street in Nantes, France on Tuesday. — Reuters

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