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The German health authorities

reported

16,417 new

corona infections to

the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

within one day.

In addition,

879

new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, as the RKI announced on Saturday morning.

Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded

18,678

new infections and

980

new deaths within 24 hours.

The high of

1,244

new deaths was reached on January 14th.

Among the new infections registered within 24 hours

, the highest value was reported on December 18,

at

33,777

- but this included 3500

late reports

.

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The number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) was

112.6

on Saturday morning, according to the RKI

.

Its previous high was reached on December 22nd at

197.6

.

The number fluctuated after that and has been falling again for a few days.

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The RKI has counted

2,122,679

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of January 23, 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

51,521

.

The RKI

stated the

number of those who had

recovered

at

around

1,795,400

.

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The nationwide seven-day R-value was

0.97

according to the RKI situation report from Friday evening

(previous day:

0.93

).

This means that 100 infected people infect 97 other 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.

USA and Spain - German government classifies 25 countries as "high-risk areas"

Because of the particularly high number of corona infections, the federal government will for the first time classify

25

countries as high-risk areas

as of Sunday

, for which even stricter entry rules will apply than for the previous and still existing "risk areas".

As the Robert Koch Institute announced on its website on Friday, this includes the Czech Republic, the holiday countries Portugal, Spain and Egypt, Israel, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and the USA.

Entry from these "high incidence areas" is only possible with a negative corona test.

The test may have been carried out at least 48 hours before entry.

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In addition, as with the countries classified as "risk areas", those entering the country must be in a ten-day quarantine.

The Greek region of Attica around the capital Athens, on the other hand, is one of the very few European regions no longer considered a risk area - if you travel from there to Germany, no quarantine is necessary.

Israel reports vaccination record

A record of vaccinations against the coronavirus has been recorded in Israel.

As Health Minister Juli Edelstein wrote on Twitter on Friday,

224,000

doses were administered

the day before

.

In total, around

2.4 million

people

in the country with its nine million inhabitants have received

a first vaccination and around 850,000 people have received the second vaccination

since December 19

.

By way of comparison: around nine times as many people live in Germany as in Israel.

So far,

1.3 million

people have received a first and 78,000 people a second vaccination (as of January 21).

After the second injection, it usually takes another 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

2.76 percent of

the population, followed by

Schleswig-Holstein

with

2.59 percent

.

Baden-Württemberg comes in last with a rate of 1.22 percent.

Corona worldwide

In

Russia

, the authorities recorded 21,513 new infections within 24 hours.

As they announced on Friday, the total has risen to more than 3.67 million.

Worldwide, Russia ranks fourth behind the USA, India and Brazil.

The coronavirus-related death toll climbs 580 to 68,412.

Mexico

has once again reported a new high in corona deaths within a few days.

According to government figures from Thursday (local time), 1803 new fatalities in connection with Covid 19 disease were registered there within 24 hours.

Mexico's previous record of 1,584 deaths came from Tuesday.

The official total since the outbreak of the pandemic rose to 146,174 - the fourth highest in the world.

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