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Lockdown home-working thwarts Germany s burglars Reuters 4/1/2021
BERLIN, April 1 (Reuters) - The number of break-ins in Germany fell to an all-time low last year because so many people were working from home, the insurance industry association GDV said on Thursday.
Insurance claims for break-ins fell to 85,000 in 2020, 10,000 fewer than the year before and the lowest level since records began in 1998. The fall in break-ins is largely due to people spending so much time at home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, GDV head Joerg Asmussen said. Burglars often had no opportunity to carry out the deed.
As a result, damages fell to 230 million euros ($269.68 million), 70 million euros less than the year before, while the average size of an individual claim fell by 10% to 2,750 euros, the association said. ($1 = 0.8529 euros) (Reporting by Klaus Lauer; Writing by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Alison Williams)
Coronavirus toll at 10:00 (GMT) Thursday
Paris – The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2
816 908 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according
to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 10:00 (GMT) on Thursday.
At least 128 851 200 cases of coronavirus have been
registered.
The vast majority have recovered, though some have
continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.
These figures are based on daily tolls provided by
health authorities in each country and exclude later re-evaluations by
statistical organisations, as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain.
On Wednesday, 11 978 new deaths and 637 012 new
cases were recorded worldwide.
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