France’s Covid-19 death toll overtakes Spain’s to reach nearly 27,000

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France's cumulative death toll from coronavirus infection rose by 348 or 1.3% to 26,991 on Tuesday, overtaking Spain's 26,920, making France the country with the world's fourth-highest death toll from the virus after the U.S., Britain and Italy.

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The health ministry said in a statement the number of people in hospital with coronavirus infection fell again to 21,595 from 22,284 on Monday, continuing an uninterrupted downward trend that has lasted four weeks.

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