For the first time since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, the death toll of the novel virus, recorded in Germany within 24 hours, approached the threshold of 15,000.
Today, Wednesday, the Robert Koch Federal Institute for Infectious Diseases announced that it had detected 14,964 new cases of the coronavirus during the last 24 hours (compared to 11,409 the previous day), breaking the previous record (14,714 infections), which dates back to last Saturday.
The death toll of Corona in Germany increased during the last day by 85 new deaths, compared to 42 deaths the previous day.
This brings the total number of Corona infections that have been recorded in Germany since the start of the pandemic, to 464239, including 10098 deaths.
Today, Chancellor Angela Merkel held a virtual meeting with the heads of German states to discuss extra possible measures to be taken to limit the spread of infections.
Major German and international media, including Deutsche Presse-Agentur; "DPA" reported that Merkel called for approving a draft decision to close bars, gyms, cabarets, cinemas, and swimming pools from the fourth of November until the end of the month.
The draft also prohibits the meeting between people residing in more than one house in popular places.
The head of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Feller, warned that the situation in Germany has become very dangerous.
He stressed that the country must prepare for the scenario of the virus spreading out of control.
At the same time, the official indicated that the spread of infection in the country could still be slowed down through systematic compliance with strict measures, including wearing masks and refraining from attending private parties.
He said: "If we can reduce the numbers of infections, we will be able to manage that, and this is the priority, but we will not be able to reduce these numbers unless we adhere to the preventive standards."
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