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France's death toll from the coronavirus rose by 348 to 26,991 on Tuesday, overtaking Spain to become the country with the world's fourth-highest number of fatalities after the United States, Britain and Italy.

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France reports drop in deaths

France on Wednesday reported a drop in coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours compared with previous days, as its overall toll passed the 27,000 mark.

The new deaths brought the total toll in hospitals and nursing homes from the pandemic in France to 27,074, the health ministry said.

But the ministry also acknowledged a counting error has revised down the toll in nursing homes by 15 people from the day earlier, adding it did not yet have a toll from nursing homes for Wednesday.

It said that over the last 24 hours, 98 people had died in hospital.

According to the health ministry's official toll, this means 83 people were registered to have died over the last 24 hours, compared with 348 the previous day.

Recent positive trends continued, with 114 fewer people in intensive care for a total of 2,428, a figure that exceeded 7,000 at the peak of the crisis.There were still 21,071 coronavirus patients in hospital, a net drop of 524 from a day earlier.

France's coronavirus death toll exceeds Spain's again

France's cumulative coronavirus death toll has edged back above Spain's, as the health ministry reported an additional 351 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 27,425.

Earlier, Spain reported 217 new deaths, taking its toll to 27,321. France's toll first jumped over Spain's on Tuesday, but dipped below it on Wednesday.

France has the world's fourth-highest death toll after the United States (83,720), Britain (33,186) and Italy (31,106). Brazil, whose casualty rate is climbing quickly, has the sixth most deaths with 13,149 fatalities.

"The Covid-19 epidemic remains active and the virus is still circulating in France," the ministry said in a statement on the fourth day after lockdown ended.