France’s total death toll due to coronavirus has surpassed 10,000 and it has recorded the largest daily increase in deaths — a total of 1,417 — according to France’s Health Ministry data published today.
The total number of dead now stands at 10,328, including 7,091 people in hospitals and 3,237 in nursing homes.
Jerome Salomon, director of the public health authority, said that France has not reached the peak of the epidemic yet.
“We are not yet at the peak of the epidemic because every night there are a little more patients in the hospital and every night there are a little more patients to be treated in intensive care. We have reached a level never before seen in France. We are still only in the ascending phase of the epidemic, even if it is slowing down a little.”