PARIS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- France has detected 2,281 cases of coronavirus infection, and 48 people had died of the virus, Minister of Health Oliver Veran announced on Wednesday.
A total of 105 patients are now hospitalized in intensive care. At the moment France remains at "pre-epidemic" alert level in its national plan to combat the spread of the virus, said the minister at a daily update of the coronavirus crisis.