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Germany’s coronavirus cases rise by 2,458 to 139,897: RKI – Metro US

Germany’s coronavirus cases rise by 2,458 to 139,897: RKI

FILE PHOTO:  The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2,458 to 139,897, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.

That was lower than a 3,609 increase reported on Saturday, by when cases of infections had been increasing for four days in a row.

The reported death toll has risen by 184 to 4,294, the Sunday tally showed.

That was down from a day-on-day increase shown on Saturday of 242, and 299 on Friday.

(Reporting by Vera Eckert, editing by Richard Pullin)