Iran Press/ Europe: The updated figures were revealed on Friday during hearings in the country’s Senate.
The Charles de Gaulle and its escort were forced to return to the French southern port of Toulon on Sunday after dozens of servicemen tested positive for coronavirus. The crew has been quarantined since then, yet the number of confirmed cases has continued to grow steadily, RT reported.
“All the 2,300 sailors of the Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group were tested on their return to Toulon, 940 tested positive, 645 negative, the other test results are not yet known,” Director of the Armed Forces Health Service Maryline Gygax Généro told the Senate.
On the carrier itself, some 500 of the infected sailors exhibited symptoms of the disease, while 20 personnel have been hospitalized, the official added.
This week, the French military launched an investigation into the carrier contagion.
France reported a surge in coronavirus cases on Thursday as more data from nursing and retirement homes were added. The increase came even as coronavirus-linked deaths fell for the first time in four days.
The number of coronavirus cases in France stands at 165,027 infections, an increase of 17,164 from the total reported on Wednesday, according to data published by the health ministry. Deaths linked to the virus rose to 17,920, Director General for Health Jerome Salomon said at a briefing in Paris, an increase of 753 fatalities from a day earlier.
The global case tally for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has climbed to 2.2 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University. The death toll rose to more than 148,000. The US has the highest case toll in the world with more than 678,000 and the highest death toll at 34,641.
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