Nine new deaths were recorded in hospital in 24 hours, the lowest figure since the start of daily reports in mid-March, bringing the total number to 29,407 deaths since the start of the epidemic, according to the latest figures put updated on the website of the Ministry of Health.

France has registered fewer than 10 new deaths in 24 hours due to Covid-19, the Health Ministry announced Sunday, a few hours after President Emmanuel Macron welcomed a "first victory against the virus".

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Nine new deaths were recorded in hospital in 24 hours, the lowest figure since the start of daily checkups in mid-March, bringing the total toll to 29,407 deaths since the start of the epidemic, according to the latest figures released. updated on the website of the Ministry of Health. The number of serious Covid-19 cases requiring hospitalization in intensive care continues to drop, with 869 patients, 2 less than the previous day.

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These data confirm the downward curve for the most severe cases since the peak reached in early April (with more than 7,000 patients then in intensive care because of the coronavirus). A total of 10,881 people were hospitalized for a Covid-19 infection, 28 fewer than the day before. The data on deaths in social and medico-social establishments (10,384 to date) will be updated on Tuesday. In a long-awaited speech Sunday evening, Mr. Macron proclaimed a virtual return to normal in France after three months upset by the epidemic of coronavirus.