The number of coronavirus-related deaths continues to increase every day in France. French hospitals have counted 499 new deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a total of 3,523 since March 1, said Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, Tuesday, March 31. This is the largest daily increase in the country since the start of the epidemic.

The number of confirmed contamination cases also increased by 17% in one day to reach 52,128, against 44,550 the previous day.

The number of people hospitalized stands at 22,757, including 5,565 serious cases in intensive care.

With AFP and Reuters

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