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Germany reports another COVID-19 record - 50,196 new cases

11 November 2021 12:51 (UTC +04:00)

Germany reported a record 50,196 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, the fourth day in a row it has posted a fresh daily high, as a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections sweeps the country, APA reports quoting Reuters.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases is now 4.89 million, and total deaths rose 235 to 97,198, according to the Robert Koch Institute public health authority.

The institute reported a rise in the coronavirus seven-day incidence rate - the number of people per 100,000 to be infected over the last week - to 249 from 232 on Wednesday.

Reinhard Sager, the president of the association of German local authorities (DLT), called on the catering and event industry to more strictly check that customers are tested, vaccinated, or recovered from the virus.

"The concern about losing potential customers should be significantly less than the concern about the consequences that threaten if they continue to do too little to fulfill the control obligations," Sager told the Rheinische Post newspaper.