Germany on Thursday recorded its highest daily rise in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began as the world battles to bounce back from the economic hardship caused by the pandemic.
This was according to the figures from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) health agency.
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The European country recorded 33,949 new cases in the past 24 hours, the RKI said, beating the previous daily record of 33,777 on December 18, 2020.
Cases have been rising sharply over the past few weeks, with Health Minister Jens Spahn warning on Wednesday that a fourth wave was raging “with exceptional force”.
The German minister blamed the rise in cases due to the low vaccination rate among citizens.
Wtih just 66.9 percent of the population fully inoculated as of Thursday, according to official figures.
Health professionals say unvaccinated people account for the majority of patients in intensive care, with numbers rising rapidly.
“We are currently experiencing mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated and it is massive,” Spahn said on Wednesday, warning that “in some regions in Germany intensive care beds are running out again”.
The Covid surge comes as Germany is in political disarray following September’s general election, with the winning Social Democrats hoping to have a new coalition government in place by early December.
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The incoming coalition parties have however ruled out mandatory jabs and said there will be no new lockdowns.
