According to figures announced on Saturday by the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, 441 new victims of the coronavirus are to be deplored in 24 hours throughout the territory. This is a slowdown from Friday's figures of 588 dead. The total death toll is 5,532 dead since the start of the epidemic in hospitals.

The coronavirus epidemic claimed 441 new victims in France on Saturday, according to figures announced by the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon. The total balance now stands at 5,532 hospital deaths. 588 people died in 24 hours in hospitals on Friday.

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