The incoming German government has announced that it is putting together a Covid emergency response team as calls for an urgent review of current restrictions grow louder.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued an urgent warning on pandemic management on Thursday to the new government coming in to succeed her, imploring it to take quick, decisive measures as the country's total death toll passed 100,000.
The President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has painted an alarming picture of the Covid-19 situation in Germany, warning that Christmas will be ruined if tough measures aren’t taken immediately.
Germany has reported a new record high in the Covid pandemic with more than 52,000 daily infections. The number of hospitalisations is also increasing, and the majority of patients are unvaccinated.
Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Monday reported the number of new infections per 100,000 people in seven days as 303 - the highest incidence since the pandemic began.
Germany's incidence rate measuring the number of new coronavirus infections per 100,000 people over the last seven days soared to 201.1 on Monday - a record since the pandemic erupted more than a year ago.
Covid cases are rising across Germany - but the south-east of the country is seeing a dramatic increase. Local leaders are calling for action to 'avoid a lockdown'. What's going on?
Germany's Covid incidence rate has climbed above the level seen in the peak of the third wave in spring - and there's a new all-time high of daily Covid cases.
The rising number of cases of Covid-19 in Europe is of "grave concern" and the region could see another half a million
deaths by early next year, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday.
Baden-Württemberg will introduce a tougher regime of Covid rules from Wednesday as its warning system switches to red, while other hard-hit German states are considering similar moves.
Germany's Covid-19 incidence rate surged to over 150 for the first time since May on Monday, prompting concerns of a rampant fourth wave as the country wrestles with a change of government.
Chancellor Angela Merkel sounded the alarm on Saturday over the return of a "certain recklessness" as Covid-19 infection and death rates climb in Germany.
Covid-19 infections have been rising dramatically in Germany - and there are now fears about the increase in people being admitted to intensive care units.
Germany's seven-day coronavirus incidence rate reached 100 infections per 100,000 people on Saturday for the first time since May, following a surge in cases in recent weeks.
The national 7-day incidence of Covid infections in Germany has jumped up to over 80 per 100,000 people for the first time in more than five weeks. In one state the incidence is double the national average. Here's why.
Covid infections are rife among children and young people in some parts of Germany, health experts say. We looked at the situation across the country, in hospitals, and what we can expect.
Since August, there has been a marked increase in Covid outbreaks at German nurseries (Kitas) and schools, with almost 500 school outbreaks reported in the last four weeks alone.
Since jabs against the coronavirus began, there have been attacks on Covid-19 vaccination centres or disruptions to vaccination campaigns in all of Germany's 16 federal states bar Hamburg. However, Saxony and Bavaria have been particularly badly affected.
Germany's vaccination rate seems to be grinding to a halt despite a campaign relaunch. Yet Covid cases are falling. What's going on? We explain the complicated picture.
Covid infections in Germany seem to be levelling off, but warnings from health experts about autumn and winter continue. Have we flattened the fourth wave or is there more to come?
