France sets new daily record of over 200,000 new Covid-19 cases

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France is seeing a tsunami of Covid-19 infections, with 208,000 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours, a national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran said, according to Reuters.

Every second, two people in France are testing positive for Covid-19, Veran said, adding that the situation in hospitals was worrying because of the Delta variant, with Omicron yet to have an impact. The flu will further complicate things for hospitals, he said.

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