Germany Reports New Daily Record Of Nearly 15,000 COVID-19 Infections
Sumaira FH Published October 28, 2020 | 04:59 PM
New COVID-19 infections in Germany broke Saturday's daily record and increased by 14,964 over the past 24 hours, taking the national caseload to 464,239, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said Wednesday
BERLIN, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Oct, 2020 ) :New COVID-19 infections in Germany broke Saturday's daily record and increased by 14,964 over the past 24 hours, taking the national caseload to 464,239, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said Wednesday.
The death toll in the country rose by 85 to 10,183, according to the RKI.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn, who tested positive for the coronavirus last week, told local broadcaster SWR on Wednesday that it was better to break the COVID-19 wave now. "When the intensive care units are full, it is too late." The number of COVID-19 patients in need of intensive care treatment in Germany has more than doubled in the past two weeks to 1,470 patients on Tuesday, according to the latest daily situation report by the RKI.
It was about a "joint effort" in November to reduce the number of personal contacts, Spahn said in the run-up to the meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the minister presidents of the Federal states on Wednesday to discuss tougher COVID-19 measures to counteract the spread of the virus.
The number of cities and districts in Germany that exceeded the critical threshold of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days continued to rise as well. According to the RKI, eight districts even showed a seven-day incidence of 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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