Germany: 1 in 100 infected with virus, health minister says
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Germany’s health minister says more than 1% of the population is currently infected with the coronavirus, and called on citizens who haven’t done so yet to get vaccinated
BERLIN -- Germany's health minister said Friday that more than 1% of the population is currently infected with the coronavirus, and he called on citizens to get vaccinated if they haven't done so yet.
The country confirmed 74,352 new daily COVID-19 cases and 390 additional deaths, figures published by the federal disease control agency showed . According to the Robert Koch Institute's calculations, some 925,800 people in Germany are considered actively infected with the virus.
Health Minister Jens Spahn noted that the number of unvaccinated residents who are infected and seriously ill is much higher than their share of the overall population.
“If all German adults were vaccinated, we wouldn't be in this difficult situation,” he told reporters in Berlin.
