Prognosis
France Surpasses 100,000 Covid Deaths After Slow Lockdown Action
- President Macron is weighing how best to honor the dead
- Government has yet to announce plans for national tribute
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France on Thursday became the latest country to record more than 100,000 deaths due to Covid-19.
The threshold was reached after 300 fatalities were registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the official toll to 100,077, a spokeswoman for the French public health authority said by phone.