COVID-19 cases surpass 150k in Germany

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  • 24 April, 2020
  • 05:29
COVID-19 cases surpass 150k in Germany

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 2,337 to 150,383, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday - a slight deceleration after three straight days of new infections accelerating.

The reported death toll rose by 227 to 5,321, the tally showed on Friday.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 210 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 2,725,000 globally, resulting in more than 749,000 recoveries and over 191,000 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.