Berlin, Mar. 24, (dpa/GNA) – Germany has recorded more than 300,000 new coronavirus infections in a day for the first time, according to figures released by the country’s disease authority on Thursday.
Health authorities registered 318,387 cases in 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said, compared to 294,931 a week earlier.
The latest daily figures showed 300 coronavirus deaths, compared to 278 a week earlier. The seven-day incidence rate of infection has reached 1,752 – another record high.
Since the pandemic began, the RKI has counted 19,596,530 Covid-19 infections and 127,822 deaths with or from Covid-19.
More than 15 million recoveries have been recorded.
The true number of cases and deaths is thought to be much higher as many infections are not detected.
GNA