A medical biologist, wearing protective suit and face mask, takes a blood sample for serological test on a garbage collector during a Covid-19 testing operation at Veolia waste collection site in Saint-Denis near Paris during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - France's coronavirus-linked death toll reached almost 26,000 on Thursday but rose less sharply than in previous days as the government confirmed it would start lifting an almost two-month-old national lockdown from Monday.
The number of people who have died from COVID-19 was up 178 or 0.7% to 25,987, the lowest rate of increase in four days.
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