▁many ▁but ▁not ▁all ▁on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁receiving ▁them . ▁Report ing ▁switched ▁from ▁manual ▁to ▁electronic . ▁The ▁Robert ▁Koch ▁Institute ▁releases ▁official ▁numbers ▁with ▁an ▁additional ▁delay ▁of ▁several ▁days . ▁C ases ▁reported ▁by ▁federal ▁country ▁health ▁depart ments ▁are ▁added ▁earlier ▁to ▁a ▁project ▁by ▁Fun ke ▁Medien gruppe , ▁to ▁which ▁Berliner ▁M orgen post ▁belongs . ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University ▁seems ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁numbers ▁of ▁the ▁Fun ke ▁project ▁for ▁Germany ▁indirect ly ▁while ▁the ▁Fun ke ▁project ▁uses ▁numbers ▁of ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University ▁for ▁other ▁countries . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁March , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁unknown ▁cases ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁up ▁to ▁ten fold ▁higher . ▁Stat istic ian ▁Kath arina ▁Sch üller ▁advoc ated ▁for ▁representative ▁sampling ▁to ▁gauge ▁the ▁real ▁number ▁of ▁inf ected ▁people , ▁an ▁initi ative ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁German ▁Medical ▁Association ▁and ▁scient ists ▁of ▁K iel ▁Institute ▁for ▁the ▁World ▁Econom y . ▁ ▁Number ▁of ▁death s ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁March ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁the ▁reported ▁death ▁rate ▁calculated ▁as ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁death s ▁over ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁inf ected ▁in ▁Germany ▁was ▁lower ▁than , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Italian ▁one . ▁This ▁has ▁led ▁foreign ▁media ▁to ▁app la ud ▁or ▁question ▁it , ▁while ▁v iro log ists , ▁among ▁others ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁R K I , ▁war ned ▁that ▁the ▁country ▁was ▁simply ▁at ▁an ▁earlier ▁stage