Coronavirus cases in Germany soar past 10,000: official data
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Germany has recorded 10,999 cases of the coronavirus, official data showed Thursday, with the number of new reported infections rising by 2,801 in a single day.
Twenty people have died from the viral infection, data from the disease control agency Robert Koch Institute showed. North Rhine-Westphalia remains the worst-hit state, with 3,033 COVID-19 cases, up 661 from a day ago.
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