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Germany sees record daily virus infections of over 30,000: official
BERLIN, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Germany on Thursday reported a daily
record of new coronavirus infections of more than 30,000, as it struggles to
cope with the outbreak with a new partial lockdown.
The Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases, which is managing
reporting for the country in the pandemic, revised its initial total of
26,923 for the previous 24-hour period saying around 3,500 more cases had
come to light.
“For technical reasons some 3,500 cases from (southwestern state) Baden-
Wuerttemberg were not reported. The problem has been fixed and the cases are
being reported today,” it said on its website.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1822 hrs