Europe Continues To Be Battered By The Covid-19 Pandemic

NBC: Record number of coronavirus cases reported in several European countries amid lockdowns

"The light at the end of the tunnel is still quite a long way off," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany followed several European countries by reporting a record number of daily coronavirus cases on Saturday, as a second wave of infections sweeps through the continent as winter approaches.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government flattened the curve this spring and was lauded for its response to Covid-19, which saw the country introduce widespread contact-tracing.

But the national disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute, reported 23,399 new cases between Friday and Saturday, a daily record for the country.

It brought the total number of recorded cases in Germany to over 600,000. A total of 11,226 deaths have been reported in the country.

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