PARIS : France's new death toll from COVID-19 on Wednesday was only one-third of the tally the day before but the total of new confirmed infections rose again, one month out of a strict lockdown.The health ministry said the death toll was up by only 23 - versus an average daily increase of 53 over the previous 15 days - to 29,319, the fifth-highest total in the world.
On Tuesday, 87 COVID-19 deaths were reported.But the number of new confirmed cases was 545; that figure had stayed below the 500 threshold during the previous three days.