A total of 464,769 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded during the past 24 hours in France, with the virus at its peak, representing a new record in daily cases, according to data released by France’s public health on Tuesday.
This record number comes as the result of the country facing the 5th wave of the pandemic, coinciding with the surge of the Omicron variant.
The previous record number of cases dates back to January 3, with 430,341 cases over 24 hours.
At hospitals, the figures are also on the rise, with an increase of 11% in new hospitalizations cases in one week, and 2,407 new admissions on a daily average.
The number of deaths in hospitals is also increasing, by 5%, with an average number of 215 daily deaths.
The only drop was noticed in severe cases, with 3,881 recorded cases, representing a drop of 2% over one week.
In order to contain this COVID-19 wave, France’s parliament adopted on Sunday a new bill, imposing the vaccine pass instead of the health pass.
Under this bill, it will be necessary to be able to justify a vaccination status to access outdoor places in the European country.
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