The coronavirus epidemic continues to rage in France. The latest health report, published Saturday evening, reported 562 deaths and 6,172 people hospitalized. "We are rapidly evolving towards a generalized epidemic on the territory," underlined the general direction of Health in a situation report.

The coronavirus epidemic has caused to date the death of 562 patients (112 additional in 24 hours) in France and 6,172 patients are hospitalized, including nearly 1,525 serious cases in intensive care, announced on Saturday the Ministry of Health.

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"We are rapidly evolving towards a generalized epidemic on the territory," underlined the general direction of Health in a situation report, by calling to "strictly respect the confinement instructions (and) the barrier measures" such as washing regularly the hands and maintain a minimum distance of one meter between people.