At least 1,300 French Jews have died of COVID-19 – Among the French Jews who contracted the virus and recovered was Joel Mergui, the president of the Consistoire group that provides religious services for Orthodox Jews. | The Jerusalem Post

At least 1,300 members of France’s Jewish community have died of COVID-19, the country’s Jewish burial service said.
The French chevra kadisha, the Jewish term for those who provide Jewish burial services, reported the figure this week after declining to disclose any numbers since the outbreak of the pandemic in France in March, the Makor Rishon daily reported Friday.