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Germany’s New Coronavirus Infections Close to Four-Month High

Swab Testing as Germany Extends Nationwide Virus Lockdown — Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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By Andrew Blackman

August 25, 2020 at 5:47 AM UTC

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Germany’s new coronavirus cases increased at a pace close to Saturday’s four-month high, while the infection rate fell below a key benchmark of 1.0.

There were 1,628 new infections in the 24 hours through Tuesday morning, taking the total to 236,122. The daily gain compared with 633 on Monday and 1,737 on Saturday, which was the most since late April. There was one fatality, lifting the overall number of deaths to 9,276.