The impact of coronavrus on the world continues to increase and various countries are struggling to limit its impact.

 France on Tuesday crossed the threshold of 10,000 deaths due to the coronavirus, with 7,091 recorded in hospital and 3,237 in old age homes, a government official said Tuesday.

France medical personnel treating coronavirus patients.

A total of 7,131 people were being treated in intensive care, top health official Jerome Salomon told journalists, warning that “the epidemic is continuing its progression.”

Jerome Salomon, head of the public health authority, told a news conference the pandemic was still expanding in France, which is now in the fourth week of a national lockdown to try to curb its spread.

But he said the number of serious coronavirus cases being treated in intensive care units had risen by only 0.8% in the previous 24 hours - the eighth consecutive day that this rate has decelerated.

"The need to find new (ICU) places is less urgent. But the balance of additional patients needing care remains positive, which means the pandemic is still expanding", Salomon said.