This is more than double the 425 deaths recorded yesterday.
The country also announced 23,794 daily confirmed cases, down from 33,172 the previous day.
Coronavirus deaths have reached alarming levels in France, with 1,220 deaths recorded on Tuesday.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Jean Castex warned that one in four deaths in France are now due to COVID-19, with one person admitted to hospital with the virus every 30 seconds.