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Germany sees record death toll on first day of new lockdown
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Dec 16, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Germany registered a record
number of deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the first day of a new partial
lockdown to try and curb a surge in infections.
A total of 952 people died in the previous 24 hours, according to the
Robert Koch Institute disease control centre.
It said 27,728 new coronavirus cases were registered, a figure close to the
daily record of infections reported on Friday.
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