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Biontech and Pfizer's vaccine appears to be working.

In

Israel

, data show

93 percent

effectiveness after the second dose is given

.

This is reported by the Times of Israel, citing the Maccabi health service.

According to the report, the health service, comparable to a German health insurance company,

vaccinated

523,000

Israelis.

Of this diseased

544

on coronavirus.

Four

patients had severe courses of Covid-19, there were

no

deaths

.

Maccabi gives the effectiveness at 93 percent.

They were achieved by comparing the vaccinated with a control group from previously not immunized.

The manufacturer consortium consisting of Biontech and Pfizer had given the effectiveness with 95 percent.

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In Israel, according to official information,

40.9 percent of

the population have received the first and

26 percent

the second vaccine dose.

The country is the world leader in carrying out mass vaccination against corona.

In Germany,

2.56 million

citizens, around

3.1 percent of

the population, have received a first vaccination so far, and

1.25 million have

already received a second vaccination.

More than every third district falls below the 50 incidence

More than every third region in Germany currently has an incidence of less than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

According to figures from the Robert Koch Institute,

143 out

of

412

rural districts, urban districts and Berlin districts are below the mark that had repeatedly been issued as a target up until the federal-state summit on Wednesday.

55 regions also fall below the new target value of 35.

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The city of

Zweibrücken

in Rhineland-Palatinate

has the lowest seven-day incidence

in Germany with

11.7

.

Schweinfurt (

15.0

), Münster (

15.2

), Rotenburg (Wümme,

17.7

), Plön (

17.9

) and Dithmarschen (

18.0

) also recorded a low number of new infections in the past week.

Rostock (

18.1

) is a major city in 9th place among the regions with the lowest incidences in Germany.

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In the

Tirschenreuth

district

on the Bavarian-Czech border, the seven-day incidence

is the highest in Germany at

348.4

.

This is followed by the districts of Schmalkeiden-Meiningen (

238.6

), Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge (

224.3

) and Hildburghausen (

208.9

), which cross the threshold to become a super hotspot with 200 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

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The seven-day incidence in Germany is 62.2 (previous day 64.2).

This value is therefore falling further.

The German health authorities reported

9,860

new infections to

the RKI on Thursday

.

In addition,

556

new deaths were recorded within 24 hours, according to figures from the RKI on Friday.

A week ago, the agency had recorded

12,908

new infections and

855

new deaths within 24 hours.

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

In the case of new infections registered within 24 hours, the highest value was reached on December 18 with 33,777 - but it contained 3500 late reports.

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The RKI has counted

2,320,093

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of February 12, 00:00).

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

The RKI

stated the

number of those who had

recovered

at

around

2,101,000

.

The total number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 64,191.

According to the RKI management report on Thursday evening, the

nationwide

seven-day R-value

was 0.85 (previous day 0.82).

This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 85 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.

Corona in Europe

In the

Czech Republic

, the number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) exceeded the 1000 mark in three districts.

Districts correspond roughly to German administrative districts.

Affected are Cheb (Eger) and Solokov (Falkenau), which are on the border with Bavaria and Saxony, and Trutnov (Trautenau), which borders on Poland.

The seven-day incidence in these regions is three to four times higher than in other counties - it is

more than 450

nationwide

.

The Czech authorities reported

8916

new infections

on Friday morning

.

In addition,

130

new deaths were reported, bringing the number of deaths to a total of

17,772

.

There have been more than one million confirmed infections in the country of 10.7 million people since the pandemic began.

Corona worldwide

The Ministry of Health in

Mexico

reported

10,677 new

coronavirus infections

on Thursday (local time)

.

It also confirmed an additional

1,474

deaths.

The total number of infections rises to almost

1.969 million

and that of deaths to

171,234

.

The government stresses that the actual number of people infected and deaths in Mexico is believed to be higher.

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In the

USA

, the CDC registered

97,309

new infections

within 24 hours

.

The total number of infections increases to more than

27 million

.

The number of detected deaths associated with Covid-19 rose by

3,645

to

470,110

.

This is based on information from Thursday (local time).