Date: 19 March 2020 11:05am WAT
This videograb taken from German TV channel ARD on March 18, 2020 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing the nation on the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery, with a view in the background of the Reichstag, the building housing the lower house of parliament. - Germany is facing its biggest challenge "since the Second World War" in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a television address urging citizens to heed sweeping confinement measures. (Photo by Uta TOCHTERMANN / ARD / AFP)
This videograb taken from German TV channel ARD on March 18, 2020 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing the nation on the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery, with a view in the background of the Reichstag, the building housing the lower house of parliament. - Germany is facing its biggest challenge "since the Second World War" in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a television address urging citizens to heed sweeping confinement measures. (Photo by Uta TOCHTERMANN / ARD / AFP)
Germany has recorded 10,999 cases of the coronavirus, official data showed Thursday, with the number of new reported infections rising by 2,801 in a single day.
Twenty people have died from the viral infection, data from the disease control agency Robert Koch Institute showed. North Rhine-Westphalia remains the worst-hit state, with 3,033 COVID-19 cases, up 661 from a day ago.
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