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People queue outside a Covid-19 test center as Germany hits a record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases. Germany's daily toll of new Covid-19 cases has topped 100,000 for the first time, according to data from the country's public health agency. IMAGES
Images of a hospital where coronavirus patients are being treated in Kommunarkab, outside the Russian capital, as Moscow registers 9,056 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours, a record since the start of the pandemic. New variants of Covid-19 are suspected of causing a sudden jump in the number of cases in the Russian capital, the mayor said, amid a sluggish vaccination drive. IMAGES
People take Covid-19 swab tests in New Delhi as India posts a global one-day record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections. IMAGES
South Korea ramps up coronavirus checking efforts at its 150 temporary testing stations erected nationwide this week amid a surge in cases. The country reported over 1,000 cases on Wednesday, having earlier broken its daily case record with 1,030 cases on Sunday. IMAGES
The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, reports that there has been nearly a 30 percent increase in Covid-19 cases from October to November in the Americas, where six million new cases were reported last month. SOUNDBITE
France's coronavirus death toll has exceeded 30,000 after the country logged 25 fatalities since Thursday, health authorities said Friday. IMAGES