French coronavirus death toll up 44 to 29,065

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PARIS (Reuters) - Confirmed new coronavirus infections in France rose by 767 to 152,444 on the 25th day since lockdown ended on May 11, the health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

The health ministry said in a statement that the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 continued its decline of the past seven weeks and fell by 413 or 3.1% to 13,101. The number of people in intensive care also continued to fall, by 47 or 3.9% to 1,163.

The country's coronavirus death toll rose by 44 to 29,065 on Wednesday after increasing by 81 and 107 the previous two days.

(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Sandra Maler)