Irish Examiner
Germany’s disease control agency reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, stoking calls for fresh measures to curb steadily rising infection rates.
The Robert Koch Institute said 294 more people had died with Covid-19 in Germany since the previous day, bringing the country’s pandemic death toll to 98,274. The number of infections recorded since the start of the pandemic had reached almost 5.13 million.
“The current pandemic situation in Germany is dramatic, I can’t say it any other way,” outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel said.
“The fourth wave is hitting our country with full force…
