Merkel announced the threat of a sharp increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in Germany

According to Bild, she said this during a videoconference of the Presidium of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

“If the trend continues, we will have 19.2 thousand infected every day,” Merkel said.

The head of government noted the need to correctly prioritize the fight against the pandemic.

According to the Robert Koch Institute of Virology, the number of detected cases of COVID-19 in Germany increased by 1192 per day, reaching a total mark of 285,332.