Germany set for longer lockdown after recording more than 1,000 deaths in a day

The street leading to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany (Christophe Gateau/DPA via AP)

German officials have made clear that they will not be able to relax lockdown restrictions in early January as the country recorded more than 1,000 deaths in one day for the first time.

That figure was likely to have been swollen by delayed reporting but underlined the severity of the situation.