Swiss new COVID-19 infections hit record high at 17,634

New COVID-19 infections in Switzerland hit a record high of 17,634 within the past 24 hours, figures published on the health authorities' COVID-19 dashboard https://www.covid19.admin.ch/en/epidemiologic/case?time=total showed on Wednesday.

Overall, almost 1.3 million people in Switzerland and Liechtenstein have been infected with the virus since the pandemic started in February 2020.

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