France recorded on Friday, December 24, 94,000 new cases of COVID-19, a new record-breaking figure since the pandemic began, says France’s Public Health.
France reaches a new high in cases, as the average number of daily cases is 91,600, with the virus at its peak, according to Reuters’ latest COVID Tracker, released on Saturday, December 25.
As for the new Omicron variant, 133 cases have been detected in France, the government spokesperson said on Tuesday, December 14, as the country faces the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On December 2, France reported its first two cases of the new Omicron, after it was detected in an individual returning from Nigeria, and the second case was found in the Haut-Rhin region in an individual returning from South Africa.
For now, the Omicron variant is sweeping across the country at a rapid rate, with the World Health Organization (WHO) stating the new variant is a highly contagious virus of concern.
20% of people infected with COVID-19 in France were diagnosed positive for the Omicron variant, French government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, said on Wednesday, December 22, according to MAP.
President Emmanuel Macron will hold a health defense council dedicated to Covid-19 next Monday, ahead of an exceptional council of ministers in order to adopt the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccine pass.
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