Radiographer Coralie Gil prepares to enter the room of a COVID patient in the continuing care unit at La Timone Hospital in Marseille.
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- France reports new daily record of over 100,000 new Covid cases since pandemic broke out
- A total of 16,162 Kovid patients are currently hospitalized in France.
- With an additional 84 Covid deaths recorded, the national death toll stands at 1,22,546. has reached
France has reported 1,04,611 new cases of Covid-19, the highest daily record since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, bringing its cumulative caseload to 9,088,371.
A total of 16,162 Kovid-19 patients are currently hospitalized and 3,282 of them are in intensive care, Xinhua news agency quoted the French Public Health Agency as saying.
With an additional 84 Covid-19 deaths, the national death toll has reached 1,22,546, the agency said.
France’s health ministry said 52,712,462 people had received at least one vaccine dose, about 78.2 percent of the entire population.
On Thursday the French Scientific Council advised the French government on the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.
“The progress is extremely rapid, especially among 20-29-year-olds. In January, we are expecting hundreds of thousands of new cases a day,” said Arnaud Fontanet, an epidemiologist and member of the Scientific Council.
French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a meeting of the Health Defense Council on Monday. A draft bill is expected to be adopted in an urgent meeting of the Council of Ministers to convert the current health pass into a vaccination pass. To get the new pass, French citizens must be vaccinated.
Additionally, Health Minister Olivier Veran said the Omchron strain was set to become the dominant variant in France by the end of the year, but fell short of the tightening of COVID-19 restrictions.
(with inputs from agencies)
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