Corona Europe: London under the highest corona warning level

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The number of new infections with the corona virus remains at a high level, even if the German health authorities reported comparatively few new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) at the start of the week.

new cases were transmitted

within one day

, as the RKI announced on Monday morning.

That is around

cases more than last Monday, when the number of new infections reported was

.

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The previous record was reached on Friday with

reported cases.

On Sundays and Mondays, the number of cases published by the RKI is usually lower, among other things because fewer tests are carried out on the weekend.

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The German health authorities also reported

new deaths within 24 hours.

Exactly a week ago this value was

.

The previous high of 598 deaths was reached on Friday.

The trend in the number of daily deaths had recently gone up, which was also expected after the steep increase in new infections.

The total number of people who died with or with a documented Sars-CoV-2 infection rose to

.

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The 7-day incidence, which is decisive for assessing the situation - the new infections reported per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days - also increases significantly.

It was at a high of

on Sunday

.

On Monday it rose further to

.

The RKI has counted

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of December 14th, 00:00).

It is estimated that around

people have now recovered.

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According to the RKI situation report on Sunday, the nationwide seven-day R-value was

(previous day: 1.17).

This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 112 more people.

After fluctuating around 1 for weeks, it has been above

since Friday

.

The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago.

Only when it is below 1 for a longer period does it decrease.

At the district level, seven districts in Germany currently have an

, a total of ten are over 400 - almost all of them are in eastern Germany.

The most affected district is still Regen in Bavaria (645.9), closely followed by Bautzen (Saxony, 641.5).

The Saxon districts of Görlitz (592.2) and the Erzgebirgskreis (542.8), the Oberspreewald-Lausitz (514.8), Zwickau (500.3) and the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (500.0) are particularly affected.

Meißen (499.3), Altenburger Land (446.3) and Hildburghausen (427.2) follow closely behind.

The lowest incidence nationwide, on the other hand, is primarily found in rural districts in northern Germany.

Rostock is currently least affected by Corona (15.8).

In North Friesland (25.9), Ostholstein (26.9), Uelzen (28.1) and Schleswig-Flensburg (28.8), the infection rate is within a comparatively controllable framework.

Corona in Europe

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In

, the number of people suffering from Covid-19 lung disease has risen to a record high.

The station SVT reports that 2389 people are in inpatient treatment because of this.

That is 65 patients more than during the first corona wave in March.

In

, stricter corona restrictions will apply again from Wednesday.

In view of the drastically increasing number of cases, the capital must be classified in the highest corona warning level, as Health Minister Matt Hancock explained on Monday in the London House of Commons.

Restaurants and pubs, cinemas and theaters have to close again, and more stringent contact restrictions apply - for example, people are no longer allowed to meet indoors.

Fans will also be banned from the stadiums again.

Travel should be avoided.

Mayor Sadiq Khan warned of "catastrophic consequences" for the economy.

The

heading for a strict lockdown.

In view of the dramatic increase in the number of infections, the government in The Hague met for an emergency meeting on Monday.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte was supposed to address the population in a TV address that evening.

Among other things, all shops that do not sell everyday goods are expected to close.

The Netherlands and Germany share almost 580 kilometers of common border in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.

"The situation is very serious," said Health Minister Hugo de Jonge before the start of the crisis meeting.

Hospitals could hardly withstand the pressure.

Most recently, around 10,000 new infections were reported in 24 hours.

Around 17.5 million people live in the Netherlands.

A partial lockdown has been in effect in the Netherlands since around mid-October.

Private contacts are restricted and restaurants 

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Corona worldwide

The number of new infections in the

rose on Sunday by 213,305 to around 15.9 million, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

The number of deaths rose by 2,283 to 296,818

Brazil

reported 43,900 new infections and another 686 deaths on Sunday.

In total, there are almost 6.9 million infections and 181,123 deaths in connection with the virus in the South American country.

South Korea

reported a new high for infections on Sunday for the second day in a row.

The disease center announced that 1030 new infections were registered.

On Saturday, South Korea mobilized the police and the army to track chains of infection.

In total, South Korea has 42,766 corona infections and 580 related deaths.

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