Surprisingly Germany’s daily coronavirus deaths hit over 1,000 for first time
For the first time, Germany’s daily coronavirus death toll has crossed 1,000, health authorities said on Wednesday.
In the previous 24 hours, a total of 1,129 people died, according to figures from the Robert Koch Institute, up from the previous record of 962 logged last Wednesday.
According to the Institute, there were 22,459 new infections over the same period.
An apparent drop in new infections and deaths in recent days was a result of local authorities not sending in their data over the Christmas period, the institute said.
More than 32,000 people have now died from the virus in Germany, which appeared to fare relatively well in the first wave of coronavirus in the spring but has been hit hard by a second wave.
The country began its vaccination drive on Saturday, with a 101-year-old woman in a care home becoming the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
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Around 65 percent of Germans said they are prepared to be vaccinated, according to a poll carried out by YouGov for the German news agency DPA.
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