"At the moment, the number of cases is growing too quickly, and the spread of various variants of the virus makes the situation even more dangerous," TASS quotes the statement of the Minister of Health of Germany Jens Spahn.

He noted that if this trend does not subside, then Germany risks facing the fact that the health care system will reach its load limit in April.

Earlier it was reported that more than 22 thousand cases of coronavirus were detected in Germany per day.

The country's authorities have extended the quarantine introduced due to the coronavirus until April 18.