Germany’s Total Coronavirus Infections Surge Past 500,000
- Cases jump by 19,409 to 506,381, Johns Hopkins figures show
- Merkel warns of ‘dramatic situation’ as partial lockdown looms
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Germany’s coronavirus cases have surged past 500,000 after an increase of 19,409 in the 24 hours through Friday morning.
The daily gain -- to 506,381 -- was less than Thursday’s record of 23,553, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. But it confirms a trend of rapidly rising cases in the past few weeks that Chancellor Angela Merkel has characterized as a “dramatic situation.”