Coronavirus French death toll passes 10,000

2020-04-08 18:06:24

The number of people in France who have died from the coronavirus has now risen above 10,000. Latest figures show 10,238 people died from the virus since 1 March. In the past 24 hours, 607 deaths have been recorded in hospitals. A further 820 deaths were recorded in nursing homes. However, they may have taken place over several days and are only now being added to the toll. France has been under lockdown since 15 March, with fines for violations. On Tuesday, Paris said it would ban people from exercising outdoors between 10:00 and 19:00 local time. The new restriction came after a sunny weekend marked by large groups of people running and walking in the city's parks, despite police controls. Earlier on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Paris suburb of St Denis, one of the worst-affected areas in the country. It is the poorest administrative department in urban France, and the number of deaths rose by 63% in the last two weeks of March. The reasons are unclear.