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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.

16,643

new cases were transmitted

within one day

, as the RKI announced on Monday morning.

Last Monday, the number of new infections reported was

slightly

lower

at

16,362

.

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However, the numbers are usually lower at the beginning of the week, partly because there is less testing on the weekend.

The highest value with

33,777

reported infections was there on Friday - however, this included around 3500 reported cases from the previous day.

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The German health authorities also reported

226

new deaths within 24 hours.

Exactly a week ago this value was

188

.

The previous high of

952

deaths was reached on Wednesday.

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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 26,275.

Despite the tough lockdown, the number of infections in

Saxony

continues to rise significantly.

The RKI reported more than

18,000

new infections in the Free State

on Monday for the past seven days

.

This resulted in an incidence of

444.4

.

This means that Saxony continues to be the nationwide hotspot by far.

Across Germany, the incidence was 197. In Saxony schools, daycare centers and many shops have been closed since last Monday.

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According to the RKI, the top values ​​among the districts on Monday were the districts of

Görlitz (667.1)

,

Central Saxony

(645.8)

,

Bautzen (645.5)

and

Zwickau (607)

.

The RKI has counted

1,510,652

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of December 21, 00:00).

It is estimated that around

1,115,400

people have now recovered.

The number of new infections reported to the health authorities within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (7-day incidence) was given by the RKI on Monday as

197.1

.

This is the highest level since the pandemic began.

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The nationwide seven-day R-value was

1.04

(previous day: 1.06)

according to the RKI situation report from Sunday evening

.

This means that 100 infected people infect 104 more people.

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

If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides.

All intensive care beds in these 21 regions are occupied

The number of corona patients in intensive care units continues to rise.

According to the intensive care register of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), 5167 patients with Covid-19 are currently being negotiated in intensive care.

Compared to the previous day, there were 145 more on Monday.

The occupancy rate varies from region to region; according to the DIVI, all intensive care beds are occupied in a total of 21 districts and urban districts.

Eight of them are in Bavaria.

LK Lüchow-Dannenberg

LK Oldenburg

LK Peine

Offenbach District

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LK Darmstadt-Dieburg

District of Mainz-Bingen

SK Frankenthal

SK Speyer

LK Hohenlohekreis

LK Tuttlingen

LK rain

LK Landshut

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LK Munich

LK Augsburg

LK Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate

LK Kitzingen

SK Kaufbeuren

SK Memmingen

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LK Kyffhäuserkreis

LK Saale-Holzland district

LK Oberspreewald-Lausitz

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Corona numbers in Europe

In

Austria

, the number of new infections a few days before the third lockdown continued to decline.

According to the Ministry of Health and Interior on Monday, 1519 new positive tests were registered within one day.

A week ago, over 2500 new corona cases were counted per day.

2871 people are currently being hospitalized for the virus, 478 of whom are in intensive care units.

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Nationwide, 5,435 people died after being infected with the virus.

The country shut down public life again on December 26, a few days after the end of the second lockdown.

Many shops and schools will be closed until January 18th.

Gastronomy and hotels remain closed and exit restrictions apply.

Mass tests are planned for January 15-17.

In the event of a negative result, you can exit the lockdown from January 18th, otherwise it applies until January 24th.

Coronavirus numbers worldwide

The number of new infections in the

US

rose by 201,490 from Sunday to around 17.6 million, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

The number of deaths increases by 2,624 to 315,260.

The CDC's numbers may differ from the cases reported by individual states.

In

Russia

, the number of new corona infections has reached a new high. The authorities reported 29,350 new cases of infection on Monday. The capital Moscow and the second largest city St. Petersburg are particularly affected by the increase with 7797 and 3752 new cases of infection. The total number of infections in Russia is now close to 2.9 million. The number of officially confirmed deaths rose by 493 to 51,351. This makes Russia the fourth most affected country in the world by the pandemic.

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