PARIS (Reuters) – France’s coronavirus death toll rose by less than a 100 for the ninth day running on Friday, as the country is gearing up for a new easing of lockdown measures.
The French health ministry said that the number of fatalities had risen by 52, or 0.2%, to 28,714, the fourth-highest tally in the world.
(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Franklin Paul)
