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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.