France has become the fourth country in the world to record 20,000 coronavirus deaths, after the US, Italy and Spain.
France’s coronavirus death toll now stands at 20,265, with a caseload of more than 155,000. Meanwhile, India has recorded its highest single-day increase in confirmed coronavirus cases.
The spike comes after the government eased the nation’s lockdown to allow some manufacturing and agriculture activity to restart. The national total of coronavirus cases has passed 17,000, with a death toll of 543. India’s peak is not predicted to hit until June.
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