Germany reports record number of new coronavirus cases

After Russia,Germany is facing the heat of Coronavirus deseae. The number of infected people in hospital stood at 3.62 per 100,000 on Wednesday - up from 1.65 in early October - but at 8.27 per 100,000 for those over 60. Germany's disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, or RKI, on Thursday reported the highest number of new coronavirus infections since the outbreak of the pandemic. According to RKI, 3,949 new cases had been registered in the last 24 hours, up from 28,037 daily cases a week ago. The previous record was 33,777 new cases on Dec. 18, 2020.  Intensive care units(ICU) in the hospitals are starting to fill up again and infections among children are skyrocketing.On Thursday, the RKI reported 165 deaths, up from 126 a week ago. The overall number of people who have died from a COVID-19 infection in Germany has risen to to 96,192.

Official figures show that about two-thirds of Germany's population of 83 million has completed its first round of vaccination. Around 16.2 million people age 12 or above remain unvaccinated — including 3.2 million over-60s. Germany hasn't made coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for any professional groups, unlike some of its European counterparts. But regional governments have limited access to some indoor events and facilities to people who have been vaccinated, have recently recovered or been tested, and some are tightening those rules.

Pressure has been growing to implement mandatory tests in nursing homes after several outbreaks were reported in senior citizen homes in recent days that have led to more than a dozen residents dying. The head of the association of family doctors, Ulrich Weigeldt, demanding mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for all employees working in nursing homes or hospital.