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France Reports Record Number of COVID-19 Deaths in 24 Hours

France Reports Record Number of COVID-19 Deaths in 24 Hours
A medical staff member examines a patient at a hospital in Bordeaux, France, on March 9, 2020. Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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French health officials said Wednesday that 509 people died in the country due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, France’s highest daily total yet.

State health agency director Jerome Salomon told a news conference on April 1 that the number of confirmed cases had risen to 56,989.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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