The number of people who have died from a coronavirus infection in France increased by 330 to 25,531 on Tuesday, the sharpest rate of increase in six days, government data showed.
In a statement, the Health Ministry said the number of people in intensive care units fell to 3,430 from 3,696 on Monday, down for a 27th consecutive day.
The number of people in hospital with coronavirus also fell again to 25,775 from 25,548 also continuing a now uninterrupted three-week fall.