Germany entered a strict lockdown on Wednesday in an attempt to bring soaring coronavirus cases under control as the number of registered deaths from Covid-19 jumped by 952, the highest daily increase yet.The previous record daily death toll was 598 on Friday.
However, the figures reported on Wednesday are not exactly comparable to previous days because they were inflated as a result of a technical problem in one state, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases, which collects the numbers.Also Read | How rural schooling is going into the darkFears that the pandemic is spiralling out of control in Germany prompted Chancellor Angela Merkel and the 16 state governors to announce on Sunday a tough lockdown until Jan.