FILE PHOTO: A woman waves a French flag from a window to support healthcare workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Saint-Mande, near Paris, France May 5 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - In April, an elderly resident living in Seine-Saint-Denis, France's poorest commune on the edge of Paris, went to hospital worried they had COVID-19. The test returned negative and the pensioner was sent home. Ten days later they were found dead.
For now, the death does not appear in France's official COVID-19 death toll, which includes only those who die in hospitals and nursing homes.
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