New COVID-19 infections in Germany remained under last week's average as the number of confirmed cases increased by 513 within one day to 175,210, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Tuesday.
Over the course of last week, an average of 734 daily cases had been reported by the RKI, the federal government agency for disease control and prevention.
According to the RKI, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country increased by 72 to 8,007 on Tuesday, resulting in a fatality rate of 4.6 percent.
Meanwhile, the estimated number of people who have recovered increased by around 1,100 within one day to 155,700.
The four-day average reproduction rate of COVID-19 in Germany decreased from 0.94 to 0.91, according to the daily situation report by the RKI for Monday.
However, the reproduction rate would be "sensitive" to short-term changes in case numbers, as may be caused by individual outbreaks, which could lead to "large fluctuations," the report noted.
On Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during her video message at the World Health Assembly that the global coronavirus crisis would be overcome "faster and better" if the world worked together.
