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French Daily Covid Cases Hit 350,000, a New Record

A pop-up Covid-19 testing site in Paris on Jan. 5. — A pop-up Covid-19 testing site in Paris on Jan. 5.
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By Alexandre Rajbhandari

January 11, 2022 at 5:46 PM UTC

Updated on

January 11, 2022 at 6:48 PM UTC

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France registered a new record number of daily Covid-19 infections, as the omicron variant continued its fast-paced spread across the country.

New cases totaled 368,149 on Tuesday, according to data from the public health office. That beat the previous record of just over 330,000 recorded last Wednesday.