PARIS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- France on Monday reported 403 new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the heaviest daily toll since Nov. 24, raising the country's coronavirus-related fatalities to 70,686, according to figures from the health authorities.
A further 3,736 people tested positive for the coronavirus in one day, significantly lower than Sunday's figure of 16,642 new cases. But Mondays' numbers of new COVID-19 cases are often smaller since fewer people conducted tests during weekends.
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