Germany's public health body reported a record-high number of COVID-19 cases on Thursday.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said 33,949 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 18 December 2020.
Federal health minister Jens Spahn is set to meet with state health ministers to discuss how to limit the virus' spread ahead of the winter as intensive care units in hospitals fill up and infections in children surge.
"We are currently experiencing a pandemic mainly among the unvaccinated and it is massive," Spahn said at a press conference earlier in the week.
There were 165 deaths reported on Thursday, up from 126 a week ago. At least 96,192 people have died
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