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The German health authorities

reported

6408

new corona infections to

the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

within one day.

In addition,

903

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

Last Tuesday, the RKI recorded 11,369 new infections and 989 new deaths within 24 hours.

However, the two values ​​contained late registrations from Rhineland-Palatinate.

The high of 1,244 new deaths was reached on January 14th.

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 number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (

seven-day incidence

) was

107.6

on Tuesday 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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Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has counted

2,148,077

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany (as of January 26, 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

52,990

.

The RKI

stated the

number of those who had

recovered

at

around

1,844,000

.

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According to the RKI management report on Monday evening, the

nationwide

seven-day R-value

was

0.95

(previous day 1.01).

This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 95 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.

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Vaccinations against Corona

The World Health Organization (

WHO)

does not expect the vaccinations to be sufficient to stop the virus from spreading in the foreseeable future.

It will be difficult for the world to eradicate the virus, said Mike Ryan, head of the WHO emergency program.

Right now there isn't even enough vaccine to vaccinate the most vulnerable people, he said.

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In

Great Britain

, according to government figures, almost

ten percent of

the British population - just under

6.6 million

people - received the first of two required vaccinations

on Monday

.

Meanwhile, almost

four out

of

five of

the

over-80-year-olds have

already been vaccinated, as Health Minister Matt Hancock explained.

In Germany, according to the RKI, around

61,000

vaccinations were administered in Germany

on Monday the day before

.

This means that 1,554,355 people have now received the first vaccination and 228,763 people the second dose.

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With a

vaccination rate

of

1.9 percent of

the total population, Germany only ranks 11th in the world. The front runner is still

Israel

, whose population

is vaccinated

to more than

40 percent

.

The

United Arab Emirates came in

second

with around

25 percent

.

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There should be an upturn in the subject of vaccination strategy this week.

According to the Ministry of Health, the European approval of Astra Zeneca's vaccine is expected on Friday.

Then several million additional doses could be used.

However, due to production problems, fewer than expected are initially available

The front runner when it

comes to

vaccinations in Germany is

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

with a vaccination rate of

3.11

percent of

the population, followed by

Rhineland-Palatinate

with

2.97 percent

.

Hesse and Baden-Württemberg are at the bottom with a rate of 1.54 percent each.

The

Turkey

has received the second charge of Corona vaccine the Chinese company Sinovac.

The state news agency Anadolu reported

that a delivery of

6.5 million

cans had arrived in Istanbul

early Monday morning

.

By the end of December, Turkey had already received three million doses of the Chinese vaccine.

The country with its around 83 million inhabitants started its vaccination campaign with CoronaVac on January 14th.

According to official figures, around

1.3 million

people have been vaccinated since then.

Turkey has registered around 2.3 million infections with the coronavirus and around 25,000 deaths related to Covid-19 since the pandemic began.

Corona worldwide

In

New Zealand

,

known for its successful fight against the corona pandemic

, a locally transmitted case of infection has been confirmed for the first time since November.

The health authorities in the island nation in the South Pacific announced that it was a 56-year-old woman who stayed in a quarantine hotel in Auckland for two weeks after returning from Europe.

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There she was tested negative for the virus twice.

It was only after she returned to her home region of Northland on the North Island that she showed symptoms and tested positive, it said.

The virus is the new, more contagious virus mutation from South Africa, confirmed the Minister for Covid-19 Control, Chris Hipkins.

The woman apparently got infected from another person in the quarantine hotel.