The Latest: German officials want tougher measures on virus

BERLIN — Senior German officials are calling for tough new measures to curb the spread of coronavirus and record high cases.
The country’s disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, reported 28,438 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours and 496 deaths.Germany, which had a much lower death rate than some of its large European neighbors in the spring, now has 1.3 million confirmed cases and 21,466 confirmed deaths since the start of the outbreak.
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz call