France, the US and UK have all reached new daily infection rate records as the Omicron variant continues to spread. COVID19 7NEWS
Cyprus also reported a record high tally on Tuesday, while Turkey reached its highest number in months.
France’s previous record of 104,611 was set on Saturday, after the 86,852 high of November 11, 2020 was broken with two consecutive days of more than 90,000 new cases per day at the end of last week. The seven-day moving average of new cases in France - which smooths out daily reporting irregularities - rose to a new all-time high of 87,500.On Sunday and Monday, the health ministry reported only about 30,000 new cases per day.
On Monday, the government announced new measures to curb infections, including limits on the size of big gatherings, a ban on eating and drinking in transport systems and the mandatory wearing of masks again outdoors. Despite the jump in new cases, the number of patients in hospital with COVID-19 remained well below record levels, with COVID-19 patients in intensive care up by 83 to 3,416 on Tuesday, well below the highs of more than 7,000 in early April 2020.
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