Angela Merkel Faces pressure ease Lockdown Germany's daily Covid-19 death count drops

Angela Merkel is under pressure to ease the blockade as the daily deaths in Covid-19 in Germany drop to 126 and police officers are attacked with stones and iron bars while trying to force social distance

• Germany reported 2,537 new coronavirus cases on the third day of the decline
• The death toll is also on the third day of the decline after rising 126 to 2,799
• Promising numbers follow reports that groups of thugs have attacked the German police
• A group member broke the window of a police car after throwing a stone at it
• Another group of 20 attacked officers swung stones, tiles and iron bars
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Chancellor Angela Merkel is under pressure to ease the blockade as the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths continues to decline in the country.

Germany reported 2,537 new cases on the third day in a row.

The country had 4,133 new diagnoses on Saturday and 2,821 on Sunday, with a total of 123,016 infected.

The death toll is also on the third day of the decline after rising 126 to 2,799.

The promising numbers follow shocking reports that groups of thugs attacked the German police with iron bars and threw stones when the officials tried to disperse them.

The groups violated the strict German blocking rules in Frankfurt on Friday.

A group member broke the window of a police car after throwing a stone at it when an officer got out to ask them to leave.

Another group of 20 attacked an officer a few moments later while swinging with stones, roof tiles and iron bars, Deutsche Welle reported.

The conservative governor of the most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, asked Merkel to consider easing the restrictions on blocking.