Sources: BBC News
Germany reports a record 80,430 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 7,661,811. 2022-01-12
Germany reports its first confirmed death related to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-23
Germany bans all travel from the United Kingdom and imposes a mandatory 14-day quarantine and proof of a negative PCR test from the previous 48 hours for German residents and citizens returning from the UK, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in Britain. 2021-12-20
Germany reports a record 39,676 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-11-10
Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of 16 German states agree to phase out free COVID-19 testing for citizens beginning on October 11 and will begin requiring non-vaccinated people to show a negative test result to enter certain indoor venues as well as to attend cultural, sport, and entertainment events once the infection rate in a region reaches 35 per 100,000 people unless they have recovered from COVID-19 in order to pressure people to get vaccinated. 2021-08-10
Germany reports a record 29,875 new cases and 598 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1.27 million and the death toll to 20,970. 2020-12-11
Germany reports a record 18,681 new cases, pushing the total of confirmed cases near 500,000, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute, making it the third consecutive time the country sets a new record of daily infections. 2020-10-30
German authorities in Bavaria impose a lockdown in the district of Berchtesgadener Land starting at 2:00 p.m. local time today, making it the first area in Germany to go back into lockdown since April. Residents in the district for the next two weeks are not allowed to leave their homes unless for essential reasons, such as outdoor exercise, going to work, or buying groceries. 2020-10-20
The Robert Koch Institute reports 4,058 new cases in Germany in the past 24 hours. It is the biggest number of reported cases in a single day since April, which health minister Jens Spahn described as "alarming" and blames young people for failure to observe social distancing. 2020-10-8
Germany reopens shops, but Chancellor Angela Merkel warns of a second coronavirus wave in the country. 2020-04-20