PARIS, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – With 243 people losing their lives to the virus in the last 24 hours, France on Friday, saw its pandemic toll rise to 26,230, while the number of people hospitalised and admitted into intensive care continued to decline.
To date, a total of 16,497 people have died in hospitals and 9,733 in nursing homes and other communal living institutions, said the Ministry of Health, in a press release.
Across the country, 138,421 cases have been confirmed, 642 more than on Thursday. Since the start of the pandemic, 55,782 people have recovered from the virus.
After another weekend in lock-down, French people will gradually start to resume their “normal” life from Monday, with some shops and schools reopening.– NNN-AGENCIES
