Berlin [Germany], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Germany hit a new record of 52,826, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said Wednesday.

The country's seven-day COVID-19 incidence rose to 319.5 cases per 100,000 people, according to the RKI.

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According to the German Intensive Care Availability Register (DIVI), the number of COVID-19 patients requiring treatment in intensive care units also kept climbing and reached 3,376 on Wednesday, almost 100 more than on the previous day.

Amid the new COVID-19 wave, Germany's federal states have started to introduce so-called 2G rules, requiring those who visit restaurants, bars and public events to be either vaccinated or recovered.

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To date, 56.3 million people in Germany have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, bringing the country's vaccination rate to 67.7 per cent, according to the RKI. (ANI/Xinhua)

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