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Germany Sees Signs for Cautious Optimism in COVID-19 Cases

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   The head of Germany's infectious-disease institute said Thursday that
   while the COVID-19 risk in the country remains highand some hospitals
   are reaching their capacity, he also has seen signs for cautious
   optimism.

   Speaking to reporters in Berlin, Lothar Wieler, president ofthe Robert
   Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases, said the nation as of early
   Thursday had recorded 21,866 new cases of coronavirus infections in the
   previous 24 hours.

   Wieler said that while infections continue to rise, he still found a
   reason to be hopeful.

   "What makes me cautiously optimistic," he said, "is the fact that the
   number of cases has been increasing at a slightly slower rate for some
   days now. So, the curve is going up a little less steeply -- it is
   flattening out."

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