Jérôme Salomon, the director general of health, announced Tuesday that there had been in France, since March 1, 15,729 deaths in France, including 10,129 in hospitals and 5,600 in social and medico-social establishments.
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France has passed the 100,000 case mark (103,573, or 5,497 more). Another 32,292 people are hospitalized for an infection with Covid-19 (1965 new admissions, balance of +179 patients).
In addition, there are still 6,730 patients in intensive care (275 new admissions, balance of -91 patients). "The decline in resuscitation needs is confirmed," said the DGS, announcing that there were 28,805 cured patients discharged from the hospital.