Coronavirus Update: COVID-19 death toll in France crosses 55,000 mark

More than 55,000 people have died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, the country's national public health agency, Sante Publique, said in a statement.

France's coronavirus death toll amounts to 55,155 people, 175 of them have died in the past 24 hours, the agency said.

In total, 2,292,497 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in the country, with 11,022 infections confirmed over the past day.

Over 8,560 people have been admitted to hospitals in the past week.

(ANI/Sputnik)

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