France virus toll tops 17,000, numbers hospitalised down for first time

France virus toll tops 17,000, numbers hospitalised down for first time

Channel NewsAsia - World·2020-04-16 03:04

Medical staff, wearing protective suits and face masks, work in an intensive care unit for coronavirus patients at the Franco-Britannique hospital in Levallois-Perret near Paris. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS: Over 17,000 people have now died in France from COVID-19, a top health official said on Wednesday, but the total number currently hospitalised has fallen for the first time since the epidemic began.

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