Corona: Worldwide infection numbers are rising again

After six weeks of declining case numbers, the World Health Organization is registering an increase in new corona infections. The WHO chief can only speculate about the causes. An overview in numbers and graphics.

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The corona infection numbers reported worldwide are rising again.

After six weeks with a downward trend, there is now an increase again, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Geneva on Monday.

In total, the WHO has so far registered more than

113 million

infections and

2.5 million

deaths related to Covid-19.

Apart from Africa and the region in the western Pacific, an upward trend can be observed everywhere.

"That is disappointing, but not surprising." The causes could be the corona easing and the more contagious variants of the virus - "and that people are becoming less careful," said Tedros.

The WHO chief urged the international community not to rely on vaccinations alone.

Basic hygiene rules are still the foundation of fighting pandemics.

It is gratifying that the vaccination of medical personnel has finally started in poorer countries, for example in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

Corona in Germany

The health authorities in Germany

reported

4732

new corona infections to

the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day

In addition,

more deaths were recorded

within 24 hours

That comes from the numbers of the RKI from Monday.

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Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 4,369 new infections and 62 new deaths within one day.

On Monday, the case numbers reported by the RKI are usually lower, among other things because fewer tests are carried out on the weekend.

The data reflect the status of the RKI dashboard from 5.30 a.m., subsequent changes or additions are possible.

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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

The RKI has counted

2,447,068

detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

(as of

March 1

, 5:30 a.m.).

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

The RKI

stated the

number of those who had

recovered

around

2,255,500

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

70,105

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According to the RKI situation report on Sunday, the

nationwide

seven-day R-value

was

1.08

(previous day 1.11).

This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 108 more people.

The value represents the infection process 8 to 16 days ago.

If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides.

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According to the RKI, the

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

seven-day incidence

) was

65.8

nationwide on Monday morning

- and thus higher than the previous day (63.8).

Four weeks ago, on February 1, the incidence had been 91.

Its previous high was reached on December 22nd at 197.6.

Four weeks ago, on January 31, the incidence had been 90.2.

Its previous high was reached on December 22nd at 197.6.

The nationwide highest incidence is still

Thuringia

with

126.5

new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

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With

Rhineland-Palatinate, there

is only one federal state below the limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

The seven-day incidence is currently 49.7.

In the meantime, Baden-Württemberg (currently 52.0), Schleswig-Holstein (50.2) and Berlin (61.8) also fell below the threshold.

The district of

Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge

(286.3), followed by the city of

Weiden in the Upper Palatinate

(262),

Schmalkalden-Meiningen

(253.8), the city of Hof (251) and the district of

Tirschenreuth

(231, 8th).

Vaccinations administered in the USA

Around

4.7 million doses of vaccine were

administered in

the

United States

last weekend

The "New York Times" reports, citing the figures from the US epidemic agency CDC.

So far, around

47.1 million people

in the United States have received

the first vaccination against the virus, around 22.6 million have already received both vaccine doses, according to data from the CDC on Saturday.

Two vaccines are approved: Biontech / Pfizer and the agent from Moderna.

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For comparison: In

Germany

, around

6.1 million vaccine doses have been

administered

since the start of the vaccination

2.5 percent of the total population is considered to have been vaccinated.

And in

Great Britain

, the country that leads Europe in vaccination, around

20.3 million people have received

a first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus.

That comes from official data from Monday.

Corona in Europe

Italy

, the Ministry of Health recorded

17,455

new infections within 24 hours,

according to information on Sunday

On Saturday it was 18,916.

192

other people died in connection with the corona virus, 280 deaths were reported the day before.

So far, a total of 2.92 million people have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Since the outbreak of the disease in February last year, 97,699 people have died with or from the virus.