Paris (AFP)
A fourth death in France of a person infected with the new coronavirus was announced Tuesday by the Ministry of Health, while the bar of 200 confirmed cases was exceeded.
"This Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at midday, 13 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 204 cases in France. Among these new cases, an additional death was announced this morning in Morbihan: "a 92-year-old man," the ministry said in a statement.
The first three dead were an 81-year-old Chinese tourist diagnosed at the end of January, a 60-year-old teacher and an 89-year-old woman who had been hospitalized in Hauts-de-France.
This region is the most affected by the epidemic with a main focus in the Oise from which two of the deceased patients came.
While the epidemic accelerated sharply last week, at least one case has now been recorded in twelve of the thirteen metropolitan regions, all except Corsica, according to the assessment of Public Health France.
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