In terms of deaths, the country’s fourth wave still remains below previous peaks in April 2020, January 2021 and April 2021. The Robert Koch Institute on Thursday reported 235 new deaths, up from 165 at the same point a week ago. “Even though the situation is different because so many are vaccinated, it is not good,” Scholz said on Thursday. German states with the largest rates of unvaccinated people, in the east and south, are also reporting the highest rates of infection. In the future, pandemic restrictions should again be debated and decided in the Bundestag, the incoming government argues.

Source: The Guardian November 12, 2021 04:16 UTC