France reported on Tuesday 179,807 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a record high since the outbreak of the pandemic in France, APA reports citing FPA.
French Public Health Agency said that 242 people died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in the country, while 3,416 people are currently being treated in intensive care units.
According to the agency, some 17,405 people are being hospitalized.
As for vaccination, French Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that 52,798,871 people have received at least one dose of vaccine, which is 78.3 percent of the country's population. More than 23 million booster shots have been administrated.
The French government authorized on Tuesday the sale of antigenic tests in supermarkets until the end of January. Meanwhile, the French Prime Minister announced a monthly bonus of 100 euros to all intensive care medical staff.
"In the context of a very sharp increase in the incidence rate, due to the spread of the Delta and Omicron variants and a demand for examinations and screening tests unprecedented since the start of the health crisis, there is a need to diversify the supply and sales circuits of the self-tests", the government said in a decree.
Until now, the sale of antigen self-tests has been limited to pharmacies.
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