It is noted that over the past 24 hours, 526 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country.

Since the beginning of the epidemic in France, more than 156 thousand patients with coronavirus have been recorded.

As TASS points out with reference to the Sante publique France agency, the corresponding increase in deaths affects only statistics on hospitals. Data on nursing homes and other medical and social institutions will be announced on June 15.

Earlier, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a new stage in mitigating the restrictive measures introduced in connection with the pandemic of coronavirus infection.