, Dec 5 () –
The German health authorities have notified this Sunday more than 42,000 cases of COVID-19, a daily balance slightly lower than the same day last week – about 2,400 less – but which maintains the country at an incidence rate of seven days close to 440 positives per 100,000 inhabitants.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which monitors the evolution of the pandemic in Germany, has reported 42,055 new cases, bringing the provisional total to 6,158,125. At least 103,040 patients have died, 94 more than on Saturday, according to the official balance.
The German government has tightened restrictions this week to combat the pandemic, following the appearance of a new variant, the omicron. The central and regional authorities have agreed to limit access to a large number of spaces to people who are not vaccinated – less than 70 percent of the population has the complete guideline.
The Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who is expected to become the new chancellor next week, defended the new restrictions in a ceremony with his party, among other reasons because “there are not enough vaccinated” for now, according to the DPA news agency.
Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel also appealed for vaccination in her latest weekly message. “We are in the middle of this fourth wave and in a very serious situation, in some parts of the country it could be considered dramatic,” the Social Democratic leader warned, alluding to growing hospital pressure and the death toll, which continues to be “terribly high.” .
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