MojNews- France on Friday confirms ۷۶۱ more fatalities over the last ۲۴ hours, raising the country&#۳۹;s death toll to ۱۸,۶۸۱.

For the ninth day in a row, the most serious cases continued to decline, with hospitalizations dropping to ۳۱,۱۹۰ from ۳۱,۳۰۵ on Thursday, a drop of ۱۱۵ people. There are ۲۲۱ less people in intensive care in France as well, a drop from ۶,۲۴۸ to ۶,۰۲۷.

France&#۳۹;s fatalities on Friday totaled ۷۶۱, with ۴۲۹ of those in hospitals and ۳۳۲ in nursing homes. The total number of deaths in hospitals currently stands at ۱۱,۴۷۸, with ۷,۲۰۳ of them in nursing homes. Throughout France, the number of cases reaches ۱۰۹,۲۵۲, a rise of only ۴۰۵ cases over Thursday.

Jerome Salomon, the director-general of health, delivered the statistics in his daily press briefing.

Overall, ۱۸,۶۸۱ people died from the coronavirus since the beginning of March in France, while ۳۴,۴۲۰ have returned home after recovering from the disease .