France confirms 80 new coronavirus deaths

France confirms 80 new coronavirus deaths
# 09 May 2020 21:56 (UTC +04:00)

The number of people who died from coronavirus infections in France increased by 80 to 26,310 on Saturday, the health ministry said, a daily increase much smaller than the previous day when it was 243, APA reports citing AFP.

The department said the number of people in intensive care units – a key measure of a health system’s ability to cope with the epidemic – has decreased by 56, or about 2%, to 2,812 This is less than half the peak of 7148 recorded on April 8.

The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus also declined from 22,724 to 22,614, continuing an uninterrupted three-week drop and down 30% from the April 29 peak of 32,292.

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