This was reported by AFP with reference to data from the Ministry of Health.

Coronavirus: cinq nouveaux décès en France, le bilan passe à 16 morts (officiel) # AFPpic.twitter.com / WqvenwSRRP

- Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) March 7, 2020

It is clarified that over the last day recorded five deaths from COVID-19 in France. In total, 949 cases of virus infection were recorded in the country.

It was previously reported that the number of detected cases of coronavirus infection in France exceeded 500.