Paris, Jan 1, 2022, SPA -- France reported it had broken its previous daily records of new infections as transmission of the Omicron variant surges. France recorded 232,200 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the largest daily total to date as the recorded infections in the past 24 hours exceeded 200,000 for the third consecutive day. --SPA 00:42 LOCAL TIME 21:42 GMT 0001 www.spa.gov.sa/w1672364