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The number of new infections with the corona virus has recently fallen significantly in Germany.

The

Robert Koch Institute

(RKI) gave the so-called

7-day incidence

on Thursday morning at

119.0

- the lowest value since November 1.

The 7-day incidence, i.e. the number of new infections reported to the health authorities per 100,000 inhabitants and week, had fallen continuously over the past ten days.

It had reached its previous high just before Christmas (December 22nd) with 197.6.

However, the differences between the federal states are large: Thuringia has the highest incidences with 225.0 and Brandenburg with 203.3.

Bremen has the lowest value with 76.6.

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The German health authorities also reported

20,398

new corona infections to

the RKI on Thursday morning

within one day.

In addition,

1013

new deaths were recorded within 24 hours.

Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 25,164 new infections and 1244 new deaths - the previous high - within 24 hours.

In the case of new infections registered within 24 hours

, the highest value was reported on December 18,

at

33,777

- but this contained 3500

late reports

.

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The RKI has counted

2,088,400

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of January 21, 00:00).

The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher as many infections are not detected.

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

49,783

.

The RKI

stated the

number of those who had

recovered

at

around

1,762,200

.

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The nationwide

seven-day R-value

was

0.87

according to the RKI management report from Wednesday evening

(previous day: also 0.87).

This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 87 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.

Number of corona vaccinations exceeds one million mark

On Wednesday, the RKI reported that

72,324

vaccinations had been carried out

in Germany the day before

.

This means that

1,254,760

people (

1.5 percent of

the total population)

have now received a

primary

vaccination and 42,670 people have already received a second vaccination.

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More than 600,000 of the vaccinations were given to people in the health and care professions, followed by residents of nursing homes (422,913) and the elderly (319,234).

The number of booster vaccinations is likely to increase significantly in the next few days.

After the second injection, it usually takes a week before full vaccination protection is assumed.

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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is at the forefront of vaccinations with a vaccination rate of 2.6 percent of the population, followed by Schleswig-Holstein with 2.4 percent.

Hesse and Baden-Württemberg are at the bottom with a rate of 1.2 percent each.

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Coronavirus in Europe

The UK

reported

1,820

people

on Wednesday

who had died with or from Covid-19 in one day - more than ever before.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shocked by the new high in the death toll.

It was not until Tuesday that

a peak was recorded

with

1610

deaths.

"These numbers are appalling," Johnson told Sky News.

He fears that the death toll will rise even further in the coming weeks because of the more contagious virus variant.

Therefore, one should not let up in the fight against the pandemic.

The total number of deaths is now

91,470

.

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In

Portugal

, the health authorities report the record number of

14,647

new positive tests.

This corresponds to an increase of 40 percent over the previous day's level.

219

other people died who tested positive.

That is also a maximum.

The previous day the number was 218. A new lockdown has been in effect in the country since last week.

Coronavirus numbers worldwide

The number of corona deaths in the

USA

exceeded

the threshold of

400,000

on the day of the handover

.

153,106 new coronavirus cases have been reported.

This increases the number of people who have been infected with the pathogen to 24,135,690.

According to the CDC,

2297

new deaths related to Covid-19 were registered

within 24 hours

.

The number of dead rises to 400,306.

With

1584

deaths,

Mexico reports

the largest number of people who died from or with the corona virus.

So far 142,832 Mexicans have died of lung failure after being infected with the pathogen.

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Israel

now gives pregnant women priority access to

Covid vaccinations

.

According to the national pandemic coordinator, the decision is associated with the assessment that there are no risks for the women and the fetus.

Almost

34 percent of

the population had already received the vaccine from Pfizer / Biontech by Wednesday evening, according to health officials.