That compared with Thursday’s figure of 33,949 - which in turn topped the previous record of 33,777 set on Dec. The country saw 37,120 reported new infections over the past 24 hours, according to the disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute. BERLIN (AP) - Germany recorded its second consecutive daily record for new coronavirus cases on Friday as infections pick up across Europe, and its disease control center said unvaccinated people now face a “very high” risk of infection.