A man wearing protective suit and face mask waits in a line observing safe social distance to enter in a Casino supermarket in Nice, as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
PARIS (Reuters) - France said its total death toll from COVID-19 infections rose above 15,000 on Tuesday, becoming the fourth country to exceed that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States, while the rate of increase in cases and fatalities is re-accelerating.
But the number of people in intensive care units fell to 6,730 from 6,821 over 24 hours - declining for a sixth consecutive day, suggesting the national lockdown put in place on March 17 is having some success in containing the disease.
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