"We need a mechanism, a rule, a reliable legal basis to make basic measures possible," said Armin Laschet, premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state. The number of new infections per 100,000 people over seven days stood at 95.1 compared with 68.7 reported a week ago, the institute said.
A key measure of coronavirus infections in Germany rose sharply over the past week, figures showed on Friday, raising the prospect of tougher restrictions as winter approaches.
Germany's health ministry said on Friday the country was seeing a surge in coronavirus infections and warned that the situation was likely to worsen as winter a
As coronavirus infections rise across all groups in Germany, state premiers have urged the federal government not to abandon a national approach to combating the virus.