Just In: France becomes fourth country to have over 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

A biologist from Eylau Unilabs Analysis Laboratories is pictured at a COVID-19 drive-through testing station near Champs de Mars in Paris, France, April 7, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)

PARIS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- France has registered 10,328 COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic, becoming the fourth country globally to report over 10,000 deaths after Italy, Spain and the United States, Director-General of Health Jerome Salomon announced on Tuesday.

Currently 30,000 infected people are hospitalized in the country, including 7,131 patients in intensive care, said Salomon at a daily briefing on the outbreak.