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The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported within one day remains high.

The German health authorities transmitted

698

new deaths

to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

, according to the RKI numbers from Thursday morning.

This is the second highest value since the beginning of the pandemic.

In addition,

26,923

new infections were recorded.

That is more than last Thursday (December 10th).

At that time,

23,679

new infections were reported.

The number of deaths was

440

.

The high of

952

deaths was recorded on Wednesday.

The number of new infections reached a high of

29,875

reported cases

on Friday

.

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

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

24,125 as of

Thursday

.

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The seven-day incidence, which is crucial for assessing the situation - the new infections reported per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days - fell slightly to

179.2

by Thursday

.

On Wednesday the value had reached

a high of

179.8

.

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The RKI has counted

1,406,161

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of December 17, 00:00).

It is estimated that around

1,047,600

people have now recovered.

The nationwide seven-day R-value was

0.98

according to the RKI status report on Wednesday

.

This means that 100 infected people infect 98 more people.

The value represents the infection process 8 to 16 days ago.

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

Corona numbers in Europe

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In

Switzerland

, the Corona virus spreads further.

On Wednesday, 5625 new laboratory-confirmed cases were added, as the health department announced.

Another 89 people died from or with the virus.

The new infections have been on the rise in Switzerland for days.

Measured in terms of population, the infection rate is currently around twice as high as in Germany, for example.

At the same time, the country is reluctant to tighten the provisions to contain the epidemic, which are rather lax by international standards.

On Friday, the government should comment on the further plans.

The government in

Denmark

has ordered the closure of all non-essential shops over the holidays due to the increasing number of corona infections.

On Tuesday, the partial lockdown in place in many cities had already been extended to the whole country: schools, bars, restaurants, sports centers and cultural institutions had to close.

The health authorities recorded 3692 new infections and 14 deaths within 24 hours in the 5.8 million-inhabitant country on Wednesday.

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Coronavirus numbers worldwide

In the

USA

, the number of confirmed corona infections has risen by at least 201,776 to 16.5 million within 24 hours, according to the CDC.

The number of deaths related to the virus increased by 2,960 to 302,992.

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The US is the country with the highest number of registered infections and deaths worldwide and is currently being hit by a devastating new wave of corona.

More than 200,000 new cases are added every day, and on a few days more than 3000 deaths have already been recorded.

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South Korea

reported a new high on Wednesday with 1078 new infections.

The number of serious illnesses also reached a record at 226 and has more than doubled within two weeks, according to the authorities.

The government warned that clinic capacity was running out.

She is now working on creating several hundred additional intensive care beds and thousands of beds for less sick patients.

The vast majority of infections are recorded in the greater Seoul area with its 26 million inhabitants.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in

Brazil

has passed the seven million mark.

On Wednesday there was an all-time high of more than 70,000 new infections, the Brazilian Ministry of Health announced.

In terms of total cases, the country continues to rank third in the world, behind the United States and India, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The Ministry of Health also reported 936 new deaths related to the coronavirus.

However, data from the state of São Paulo were not included in the new figures;

there were "technical problems", the ministry wrote in a message to justify the reason.

The numbers in Brazil have risen again since the corona restrictions were relaxed at the local level.

In addition, the population is feeling a certain boredom with pandemics.

President Jair Bolsonaro has permanently downplayed the danger posed by the virus, as well as the quarantine regulations.

Brazil is at the end of the pandemic, he said last week.