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The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported within 24 hours has skyrocketed and has reached a new high.
The German health authorities reported
590
new deaths within one day to
the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
, according to the RKI figures from Wednesday morning.
That is over 100 cases more than the previous record of 487 deaths last Wednesday.
A total of
20,815
new infections with the coronavirus were reported
within 24 hours
.
On Wednesday in the previous week the value was 17,270. The highest daily value so far was on November 20 with 23,648 cases.
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The number of daily deaths had tended to go up recently, which was expected after the steep increase in new infections.
The total number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 19,932 as of Wednesday.
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For the whole of Germany, the RKI also gave a new high of
149.1
new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days.
At the beginning of the partial lockdown in November, there were around 120.
The federal and state governments want to achieve that there are fewer than 50 - so health authorities could track infection chains again.
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The RKI has counted
1,218,524
detected infections with Sars-CoV-2
in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic
(as of December 9, 00:00 a.m.).
It is estimated that around 902,100 people have now recovered.
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According to the Divi Register, the number of free intensive care beds in Germany has fallen below 5000 for the first time. While there were still 5440 nationwide on Tuesday, there are now 4953. For comparison: On the first day of the partial lockdown, November 2nd, there were 7910 intensive care beds free.
Three counties exceed the 500 limit
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In the Lower Bavarian district of
Regen
, the corona warning value rose to 578.7 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
In addition, two districts in Saxony were colored pink on the RKI dashboard on Tuesday - this means that their incidence is now over 500 new infections.
The district of
Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore
Mountains, which has been one of the most severely affected regions in Germany for weeks, reported 508.2 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants last week, the district of
Bautzen
500.7.
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Corona in Europe
France
reported a significant increase in new infections on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Health counted
13,713
new corona cases compared to 8,083 last week.
There were 831 other deaths reported.
After the weekend, the numbers were significantly lower with 3,411 new cases and 366 deaths.
For Monday, however, the health director reported around 3,400 new infections within one day, the lowest value since August.
However, at the beginning of the week, this number is always lower because there is less testing on the weekend.
France has been hit hard by the corona pandemic - more than 55,000 people have died so far.
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Denmark
announced on Monday that the contact restrictions would be tightened in view of the increasing number of infections.
In 38 municipalities, including Copenhagen, bars, restaurants, museums and cinemas will have to close from Wednesday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced.
Higher grades and college students are taught online.
The restrictions apply until January 3rd.
It was also announced on Monday that Prince Christian (15) had tested positive for the corona virus at his school after a local corona outbreak.
The eldest son of Crown Prince Frederik (52) and Crown Princess Mary (48), who attended a public school near Copenhagen, is number two in the Danish line of succession after his father.
According to the EU epidemic authority ECDC,
Luxembourg, Croatia
and
Lithuania
are currently most affected in Europe
, where over 1000 people per 100,000 inhabitants were newly infected with the coronavirus in the past 14 days.
Corona worldwide
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This is the situation in the
USA
: The US
disease centers
CDC reported
174,387
registered new infections and
1,118
further deaths
on Monday
.
This means that there are more than 14.6 million corona infections and over 281,000 deaths in connection with Covid-19 in the USA.
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In
Russia
,
28,142
new verified
cases of
infection were reported
on Monday
, including 7279 in Moscow. A new high in new infections was reported on Sunday. In total, more than 2.48 million cases of infection have been registered so far. The number of deaths related to the virus rose
456
to 43,597.