Germany's COVID-19 cases hit daily record of more than 80,000


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Jan 2022

A person wearing a face mask is pictured on the public square "Potsdamer Platz" during a sunny winter day, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany reported 80,430 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the highest recorded in a single day since the pandemic began, as the contagious Omicron variant rips through a population with lower vaccination rates than some other parts of Europe.

The previous daily record, on Nov. 26, was more than 76,000.

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