Germany has reported another record number of daily new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, crossing the 200,000 threshold for the first time, Reuters reports.

The Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases has reported 203,136 positive tests in the last 24 hours, 69,600 cases more than the same day a week ago.

The seven-day incidence per 100,000 people rose to 1,017 from 941 the previous day, while another 188 people died, bringing the death toll since the start of the pandemic to 117,314.