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The eastern German city of Dresden has placed residents of a high-rise building under quarantine after one if its residents died following his return from India. 

The young man who died after contracting COVID-19 had no known previous conditions and his condition deteriorated rapidly, a statement said.

Health officials said they are concerned he may have died from the delta variant of the coronavirus originally identfied in the South Asian country.

Health workers are carrying out floor-by-floor COVID-19 testing of all the residents.

Residents have been instructed not to leave the building until at least 8 June, 2021 by when test results and sequencing should be complete. Dresden authorities didn't specify how many people are affected.

Police officers were controlling entrances and exits.

The total number of coronavirus cases in Germany, however, has continued to fall following an extended lockdown and the roll-out of its vaccination campaign.

Germany recorded 3,165 new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours, according to data released on Friday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the federal government agency for disease control and prevention. A week ago, the figure stood at 7,380 new COVID-19 infections.

For more on this story, go to DW.