(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 24 OTT - Germany has suffered more than
10,000 Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic,
according to official data published Saturday. A total of 10,003
deaths have been recorded by the Robert Koch Institute, a
federal government agency, with 418,005 infections recorded
nationwide. Of those, 14,714 were diagnosed in the last 24 hours
-- a daily record. Robert Koch Institute president Lothar Wieler
said Germany was facing a "very serious" situation and asked the
population to adhere to social distancing measures. Germany was
spared during the first wave of coronavirus infections that hit
Europe in spring but is now suffering a sharp increase in cases
along with the rest of the continent. Authorities have tightened
measures against the pandemic including the adoption of a public
assembly ban. Chancellor Angela Merkel last weekend asked the
country to reduce their social contact and stay home as much as
possible. "What winter will be, what our Christmas will be, will
be decided in the days and weeks to come," she had warned.
(ANSA-AFP).
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