Germany reports record number of daily Covid cases

Robert Koch Institute registers 80,430 new cases where previous record was 65,000 in November

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Germany has reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases as the Omicron variant increases its spread.

The Robert Koch Institute, the country's national disease control agency, said on Wednesday it had registered 80,430 new cases, where the previous record had been just over 65,000 in mid-November. It said 384 people had died in the previous 24 hours, bringing the death toll from coronavirus in Europe's most populous country to about 115,000.