The rapid rise in Germany's coronavirus numbers is very worrying, the country's Robert Koch Institute for disease control said and urged citizens to keep their distance and wear face masks. "We must prevent that the virus once again spreads rapidly and uncontrollably," RKI head Lothar Wieler told reporters. "The latest developments in the number of Covid-19 cases is of great concern to me and all of us at the RKI," he said.
He said negligence is behind the steady rise in new infections, adding that it was unclear if the country was experiencing a second wave.
The number of daily new cases almost doubled today to 633, and the RKI linked the increase to increased social contact at parties and in the workplace.