German crematorium struggles with Covid body backlog Eastern city of Zittau a virus hotspot as nation records a record 962 coronavirus deaths in 24 hour period
Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 14:45
The UBS Group AG European Opera Tower (OpernTurm) skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany. Germany reported a record 962 coronavirus deaths in the 24 hours through Wednesday morning, the highest since the start of the pandemic. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Boomberg
Germany’s Covid-19 death rate hit a new high of 962 cases on Wednesday as a crematorium sounded the alarm over its growing backlog of bodies.
The eastern city of Zittau and the surrounding regions in the state of Saxony are currently Germany’s virus hotspot with an infection rate of nearly 500 per 100,000 of population – 10 times the target ceiling Germany has set.
Krematorium in Zittau wegen Corona-Toten überfüllt - Leichen werden zwischengelagert
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Hohe Corona-Todeszahlen: Zittau muss Leichen zwischenlagern
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