FILE PHOTO: Commuters wearing face masks enter a train at the Cologne main station, after the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia decided to make wearing protective masks obligatory in buses, trains and shops to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cologne, Germany, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen by 1,478 to 159,119, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Thursday.
According to the tally, 6,288 people have died of the disease, a rise of 173 compared to Wednesday.
Reporting by Thomas Seythal; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman
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