Germany confirms 50,968 coronavirus cases and 437 deaths in the past 24 hours

Karl Lauterbach, warned that the country has insufficient vaccine doses to keep the population’s Covid defences up over the winter

Germany has just released its daily Covid report, confirming a further 50,968 coronavirus cases and 437 deaths in the past 24 hours according to the Robert Koch Institute, Qazet.az reports citing The Guardian.

The figures are a slight increase in deaths on yesterday’s numbers as the European nation continues to battle a resurgence of the virus.

On Wednesday, newly appointed health minister, Karl Lauterbach, warned that the country has insufficient vaccine doses to keep the population’s Covid defences up over the winter, especially with the predicted rise of the Omicron variant.