FRANKFURT, 21 March. - (ANA)  - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen by 2,705 within a day to reach 16,662, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Saturday.

 

It said a total of 47 people had died after testing positive, an increase of 16 from a tally of 31 published on Friday.

 

Hospitals in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg have offered to treat some critically ill coronavirus patients from the neighboring Alsace region in France, which is struggling to cope with a rising number of cases.  - (NA) -

 

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