Rammstein singer Till Lindemann is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that on March 15, Till and his Lindemann band performed a concert in Moscow. On his return to Berlin, he was hospitalized with an extremely high fever and he later tested positive for coronavirus. He was immediately sent to intensive care and placed under quarantine.

The 57-year-old Till, who was in critical condition, is now said to be feeling better and his life is no longer in danger.

There have been more than 549,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 24,000 deaths so far worldwide, putting public health systems and emergency services under immense pressure.

As of Wednesday morning, Germany had nearly 34,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the fifth-highest figure worldwide, with 171 deaths.