A homeless person sits next to his belongings that hangs on a fence at the City Hall square in Paris, Monday, May 4, 2020, during lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus. (Photo: AP)
France on Monday announced that more than 25,000 people had died in the country due to the coronavirus epidemic, after a new jump in the daily death toll.
The health ministry said 25,201 people were now confirmed to have died from the virus in the country in hospitals and nursing homes. Over the last 24 hours, 306 people died from COVID-19, double the figure of 135 from the day earlier.
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