Officials say only 68.1% of Germany's 83 million inhabitants are fully vaccinated, far below the minimum level of 75% the government has aimed forOfficial figures released Thursday show Germany has become the latest country to surpass 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Also Read: EU regulator authorises Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids 5-11In Europe, Germany is the fifth country to pass that mark, after Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. The Robert Koch Institute, a federal agency that collects data from some 400 regional health offices, said Germany also set a record for daily confirmed cases — 75,961 in a 24-hour period. Since the start of the outbreak, Germany has had more than 5.57 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. Saxony, to the northeast, became the first German state to record a weekly number of confirmed cases above 1,000 per 1,00,000 inhabitants Thursday.

Source: The Hindu November 25, 2021 15:13 UTC