Three doctors who had contracted coronavirus have died, the French National Health Agency said in a statement on Monday.
The doctors were all from the Grand Est region in northeast France. The victims include a general practitioner in Moselle, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Mulhouse and another general practitioner in Colmar.
On Sunday, France reported its first doctor had died of coronavirus.
In all, 490 medical staffers in the Parisian region have contracted coronavirus, a spokesperson for the Public Hospitals of Paris said. The spokesperson added that 32% of them are doctors and 15% of them are nurses. Three of the patients are in intensive care.
