Germany has reported 33,949 new Covid-19 infections, the highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic last year, ahead of a two-day meeting of state health ministers, Reuters reports.
The daily number of cases is likely inflated by a public holiday in parts of Germany on Monday that led to a delay in data-gathering. The previous record was on December 18 with 33,777 cases.
Helge Braun, chief of staff to acting Chancellor Angela Merkel, said that German states needed to make faster progress in giving older people booster shots. "That should have happened long ago," he told broadcaster ZDF.
