Germany’s daily coronavirus count remains near record high

People queue at a Covid-19 test centre in Frankfurt, Germany (Michael Probst/AP)

The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Germany remains near a record high, as the pandemic continues to spread, according to the country’s disease control centre.

The Robert Koch Institute said that 11,242 new cases were reported over the last 24-hour period, just shy of the record 11,278 mark set the day before.