Coronavirus Takes High Toll In Grand Est Region, Epicenter Of Country's Outbreak

BANTZENHEIM, FRANCE- 5 APRIL 2020: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Bouli and Alain, undertakers, arrive at nursing home to retrieve two bodies of elderly people who died overnight from coronavirus on April 5, 2020 in Bantzenheim, France. By the beginning of April, France had more than 50,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than 4,000 related deaths. The country's Grand Est region, which includes the town of Mulhouse, has been particularly badly affected. The region became one of Europe's largest clusters of coronavirus cases after infected people attended a 2,500-person prayer meeting at a Mulhouse megachurch in February, well before the country imposed quarantine measures. (Photo by Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images)