PARIS — France’s national health director announced that France has reached the grim milestone of 10,000 coronavirus deaths.
Jerome Salomon addressed reporters in the daily COVID-19 briefing to emphasize that “we are in the epidemic’s ascendant stage... we have not yet reached the peak.”
He recorded a total death toll of 10,328 since the start of the epidemic — with 7,091 hospital deaths and 3,237 fatalities in old people’s homes.
There were 597 fatalities in hospitals since Monday.
Over 30,000 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 nationwide, with 7,131 in intensive care.
He did offer one moment for hope, acknowledging that the virus rate “is slowing a little.”
