Paris, Dec 4 (AFP\/APP):France on Saturday said more than 50,000 people had tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as Covid-19 cases rocketed despite millions receiving a vaccine booster shot.
\nThe country recorded 51,624 new daily cases of Covid, health authorities said.<\/p>\n
France has recorded an average of almost 41,000 new cases a day over the past week, compared to less than 28,000 a week ago.
\nSome 694 people had been admitted to hospital in the past 24 hours, including 119 who were critically ill.<\/p>\n
The coronavirus killed 113 people over the same period.
\nCases have shot up as France heads into winter.
\nHealth Minister Olivier Veran has for the moment ruled out a lockdown, but urged all adults in the country of 67 million to sign up for a third Covid vaccine jab by mid-January.<\/p>\n
“Ten million French people have gotten a booster jab to maintain their protection against Covid,” he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n
After January 15, residents aged 18 to 64 will have to show proof of a top-up vaccine no more than seven months after the second dose to maintain a valid Covid pass, which is required to enter restaurants, bars, gyms and other public venues.<\/p>\n
In total, 119,457 people have died of Covid in France since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paris, Dec 4 (AFP\/APP):France on Saturday said more than 50,000 people had tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as Covid-19 cases rocketed despite millions receiving a vaccine booster shot. The country recorded 51,624 new daily cases of Covid, health authorities said. France […]<\/p>\n
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