France breaks another COVID-19 record with over 271,000 cases in 24 hours
France reported 271,686 daily COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, a new record as the new Omicron variant continued to spread throughout the country.
The previous record was around 230,000 new cases in a single day last week.
As the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic -- propelled by the Omicron variant -- continued to take its toll, nearly 3,000 people were admitted to hospital in the latest 24 hour period.
Figures from the French national health agency showed that more than 20,000 patients were in hospital with COVID-19, an increase of 2,881 since Monday. Another 297 COVID-related deaths in hospital were registered.
The number of people in intensive care with COVID-19 stood at 3,665, a long way off the more than 7,000 during the first wave in
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