German health officials on Wednesday reported the highest number of deaths in a single day from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Associated Press reported that officials at the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, which acts as the country’s highest health authority, recorded 962 deaths Wednesday morning over a 24-hour period, an increase that is accompanied by the number Germany’s highest of new COVID-19 cases in the midst of the pandemic. Bye now.
Just under 28,000 people have died across Germany from the disease, a figure that remains much lower than in the United States and other countries that have been less successful at limiting the spread of the virus. But Germany’s daily rate of deaths from the virus has risen 62 percent in the past two weeks, highlighting the country’s concerns.
The new figures come when the German Minister of Health said on Monday that the country’s health authorities will begin vaccinating against COVID-19 on December 27 in care homes for elderly Germans, a few weeks after the distribution of the vaccine in the UK and the US
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced earlier this month that face-to-face learning in German schools would be canceled at least until Christmas and also closed many non-essential businesses, setting limits on meetings before the Christmas holidays. Christmas.
“The measures we started on November 2 have not been enough,” Merkel said in a statement last weekend.
“The healthcare system is under strong pressure and our aim has always been to avoid overloading the healthcare system,” the then chancellor added.