541 people have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. This is the figure given by the Director General of Health during his daily press briefing.
According to Jérôme Salomon, this assessment does not yet take into account deaths occurring in social and medico-social establishments such as nursing homes. A shortage due to a "technical problem", according to the official.
A total of 10,869 people have died in France due to Covid-19 since the start of the epidemic.