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The number of new corona infections and deaths reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day has reached a peak.

The health authorities transmitted

29,875

new infections

within 24 hours

, according to figures from Friday morning.

That is over

6,000

more than the day before, when

a record was also reached

with

23,679

cases.

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In addition, the RKI reported on Friday with

598

new deaths, the second high in a short time.

The highest daily number of

590

deaths was reached on Wednesday.

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The trend in the number of daily deaths had recently gone up, 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

20,970

.

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In total, the RKI has

counted 1,272,078

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of December 11, 00:00).

It is estimated that around

942,100

people have now recovered.

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The seven-day incidence also skyrocketed.

The RKI now gives it

156.3

.

The value indicates how many people are newly infected per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

The aim of the federal and state governments is actually a value of 50 so that health authorities can track infection chains again.

Nine regions with incidence over 400

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In two German districts, the seven-day incidence is more than 500. In the

Bautzen

district

in Saxony, the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days is 515 according to the RKI. Nationwide, only the

Regen

district

in Lower Bavaria has 574.9 a higher incidence value.

Seven other regions have a seven-day incidence with a value above 400: District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (490.7), District of Zwickau (480), District of Meißen (431.9), City of Hof (429.9), Speyer district (417.3), Hildburghausen district (414.6), Görlitz district (407.6).

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Corona in Europe

In view of the continued high Corona numbers,

some restrictions are to apply longer

in

France

than initially announced.

Although the lockdown will continue to be replaced by a curfew on December 15, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday.

However, there will be no exception on New Year's Eve and the lock should apply from 8 p.m. - an hour earlier than planned.

There should be an exception to the curfew for Christmas Eve.

In addition, the closure of museums, cinemas and theaters will be extended by three weeks.

The authorities announced 13,750 new infections on Thursday.

The government in Paris had targeted the number of around 5000 new infections per day as a target.

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Spain

is slowly getting a grip on the current coronavirus outbreak.

Thanks to measures such as mask compulsory, night curfews and travel restrictions, the numbers have been falling steadily since November.

While schools and shops as well as restaurants in most parts of the country are open, around 5,000 to 8,000 new infections and around 300 deaths were recently counted per day.

The number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was only 80 on Thursday.

Italy

reports a surge in deaths related to corona infection to 887 from 499 the previous day.

According to data from the Ministry of Health on Thursday, the number of new infections also increased significantly by 16,999 after an increase of 12,756 on Wednesday.

This means that a total of 62,626 deaths and almost 1.8 million infections are recorded.

In

Great Britain

, the number of new corona infections also rose sharply.

On Thursday, authorities reported 20,964 positive tests in one day.

This is the highest value since mid-November and significantly more than the 16,578 infections the day before.

Another 516 people died from or with the virus.

Corona worldwide

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The CDC

disease centers

in the

US

reported 231,396 new infections and a further 3411 deaths within one day.

This brings the total to almost 15.23 million infections and 288,762 deaths related to the virus in the United States.

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The

Turkish

government has corrected the number of corona infections significantly upwards. As the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday, the number of infections after a change in the counting method is now

1.75 million

instead of around 955,000. By November, the ministry had only published the number of corona patients who were also treated medically in connection with their illness. This counting method has now been changed. According to the data from the Ministry of Health, 30,424 new infections and 220 new deaths were also recently reported. The total number of deaths is therefore 15,751.