France confirms 1,412 cases of coronavirus infection

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France has confirmed 1,412 cases of coronavirus infection and 25 patients have died of the virus as of 3 p.m. (1400 GMT) Monday, Director-General of Health Jerome Salomon announced.

There are seven big groupings of infection cases, or "clusters", in the country and of the dead patients, 21 were aged above 70 or suffered from other illnesses, said Salomon at the daily update of the virus outbreak.

He added that France remains at the pre-epidemic stage at national level and the government will continue efforts to contain the spread of the virus.