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I can't find confirmation just yet, but I think that the figure might be so much higher than yesterday because they've just added in the nursing home (EHPAD) death figures too (all daily totals in France until now have only included hospital deaths). Liberation reports that they now have an (unconsolidated) figure of 884 deaths from nursing homes, so if it's due to this number being added, it puts the 'hospital only' deaths at slightly less than yesterday's 509.
I'm not completely sure on this though.
https://www.liberation.fr/france/2020/04/02/au-moins-884-morts-dans-les-maisons-de-retraite-et-ehpad_1784033
Edit:
The numbers match up here:
https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2020/04/02/01008-20200402LIVWWW00001-en-direct-coronavirus-covid-19-France-epidemie-malades-patients-tranfert-deconfinement-Edouard-Philippe-contamination-virus.php
471 hospital deaths + 884 EHPAD deaths = 1355