The French health ministry reported 26,457 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Wednesday, up sharply from 11,395 on Tuesday, and a level unseen since November 18, reports FRANCE 24.
France, which launched its vaccination campaign Sunday, saw the number of persons hospitalised for the disease decline by 183 over 24 hours.
However, the Covid-19 death toll was up by 303, at 64,381, versus a rise of 969 on Tuesday. France's cumulative total of cases now stands at 2,600,498, the fifth-highest in the world.
The number of people in intensive care units for the disease were down 14 over 24 hours at 2,661.
France's daily cases have varied enormously since mid-December, ranging from around 3,000 to more than 21,000.