The health ministry in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia said an 89-year-old woman died in the town of Essen and that another patient died in the badly affected region of Heinsberg.
Germany has so far reported 1,112 cases of coronavirus, with the large state of North Rhine-Westphalia the most affected region.
Several hundred cases have also been reported in the southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
