![The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich](https://freeamericanetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-3609-to-137439-rki.jpg)
Andreas Wieser from the department of Infection and Tropical Medicine at the University of Munich, works with blood samples for a study about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Munich Germany, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
April 18, 2020
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 3,609 to 137,439, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday, marking a fourth straight day of a spike in new infections.
The death toll has risen by 242 to 4,110, the tally showed.
(Reporting by Vera Eckert, Editing by Himani Sarkar)