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France records 178 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours as total toll from virus nears 26,000

France records 178 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
France records 178 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours as total toll from virus nears 26,000

In France, the new coronavirus has claimed 178 people's lives in a single day, with this bringing the total count to 25,987.

The number of people in intensive care units fell by 186 or 5.9 percent to 2,961, according to the health ministry, in a total below the 3,000 threshold for the first time since March 25.

The number of people in ICU - a key measure of a health system's ability to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic - is now well below half the peak of 7,148 seen on April 8.

The number of people in hospital with coronavirus also fell again to 23,208 from 23,983, continuing an uninterrupted three-week fall and down almost 30 percent from an April 14 peak of 32,292.

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