Corona tsunami in France .. 208 thousand injuries in one day

French Health Minister Olivier Veran told lawmakers today, Wednesday, that France is witnessing a "tsunami" of infections with the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), as it recorded 208 thousand new infections during the past 24 hours, which is a record daily at the French and European levels.

According to data from the Covid Tracker.fr website, which tracks infections in the country, France has repeatedly broken records for the number of Covid-19 cases over the past few days, as yesterday, Tuesday, it recorded 180,000 injuries, which was already the highest in a country in Europe.

Ferrand said that it was confirmed that two people were infected with Covid-19 every second in France, and added that the situation was worrying in hospitals because of the delta mutant, explaining that the mutant Omicron had no effect yet.

He added that the flu would complicate matters further for hospitals.

Reuters data showed today, Wednesday, that Covid-19 infections globally reached record levels during the past seven days, with the rapid spread of the Omicron mutant.

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