FILE PHOTO: Paramedics carry out a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance at the Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, near Paris, as the spread of coronavirus continues in France, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 499 new deaths from coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the total to 3,523, an increase of 17% in the past 24 hours.
It was the third consecutive day that the rate of deaths accelerated in France, which is now in its third week of lockdown to try to slow the spread of the virus.
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