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A 60-year-old man has become the first French victim of the coronavirus in the country, the health ministry announced Wednesday.
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The man died overnight after being rushed to a Paris hospital in serious condition on Tuesday evening, bringing the total death toll in the country to two, said the ministry's deputy head Jerome Salomon.
In a televised statement, Salomon said a 60-year-old French man in a very serious condition was tested at Paris Pitie-Salpêtrière hospital late on Tuesday.
“Unfortunately (he) died during the night,” Salomon said.
The man was among three new cases of the virus announced in France on Wednesday.
One of the others was a 36-year-old man who had made repeated trips to the Italian region of Lombardy, but he doesn't have any severe symptoms, Salomon said.
The other is a Frenchman in the northern city of Amiens who is in intensive care, and an investigation is underway into where and how he contracted the virus, Salomon said.
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