France on Tuesday reported 762 more Covid-19 deaths in hospitals and nursing homes, bringing its total toll from the epidemic to 15,729, AFP reports.

The number of confirmed cases in France now exceeds 100,000, health official Jerome Salomon told reporters, adding however that the total number of patients in intensive care fell for the sixth day in a row, by 91 to 6,730.

Despite the heavy new death toll, Salomon said that the latest data confirmed that France's month-long lockdown was beginning to have an effect.