Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged Germans to curb social contacts and keep travel to a minimum as the country’s COVID-19 case numbers continued to rise, stating that “every day counts.” Germany’s infection rates hit a daily record of 7,830 on Saturday, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases.
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