COVID-19 pandemic in France | |
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![]() Confirmed cases per million residents by region on 25 March | |
![]() Regions of France with number of people currently hospitalised
Hospitalised 1~9
Hospitalised 10~99
Hospitalised 100~499
Hospitalised 500~999
Hospitalised 1000~9999
Hospitalised ≥10000 | |
Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
Location | France |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Bordeaux |
Arrival date | 24 January 2020 (5 years, 4 weeks and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 140,734 |
Recovered | 58,673[1] |
Deaths | 27,074 (total) 14,050 (hospital) 8,564 (Établissement d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes ) |
Government website | |
Public Health France |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux.