Tuesday 22 / October / 2024
BERLIN: Germany reported 1,510 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since May, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control said on Wednesday.
The figure took the national count to 226,914, while the death toll has risen by seven to 9,243, it added.
Speaking during a video conference of her Christian Democratic (CDU) party, Chancellor Angela Merkel said though she was worried over the rise in infections, the nationwide situation was still under control.
Germany's daily infections peaked at around 6,000 in early April, with the number of cases beginning to fall in May, though the figure has been rising again since the end of July.
