Germany enters lockdown after Covid deaths shatter record
Germany set to enter 'hard' lockdown as coronavirus cases surge 02:15 Berlin (CNN)Germany shattered its record for Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours on Tuesday with 952 patients dying compared to a previous record of 598 on December 11, according to the country's center for disease control. The nation tallied 27,728 new coronavirus cases, the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) reported, as it enters a hard national lockdown on Wednesday in an effort to bring the situation under control. But the institute said a delay in reporting data from the large state of Saxony could be part of the reason for the shar...