France crossed the 80,000 dead mark on Tuesday, while 18,870 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours.

Hospitalizations and resuscitations are down slightly, but epidemiological pressure is still strong.

France crossed the threshold of 80,000 deaths linked to Covid-19 on Tuesday, with more than 700 new deaths in hospital and in nursing homes, according to official data published on the government site.

Between Monday and Tuesday, 439 Covid-19 patients died in hospital, according to the French public health agency, which also publishes data related to the evolution of the disease every evening. 

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