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The health authorities
reported
17,504 new
corona infections to
the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day
.
That comes from the numbers of the RKI from Thursday.
The number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (
seven-day incidence
) rose again significantly: According to the RKI, it was
90
on Thursday morning
and thus higher than the day before (86.2).
The number of deaths related to corona infection rose by
227
.
Four weeks ago, on February 17th, the incidence was
57.0
.
The number of new infections in Germany fell significantly for weeks in January and February.
Recently, however, it rose again, which could also be due to the spread of more contagious variants.
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The high of
1,244
newly reported deaths was reached on January 14th.
Among the 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
2,612,268
detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany
since the beginning of the pandemic
.
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
74,132
.
The nationwide
seven-day R-value
was
1.06
according to the RKI situation report from Wednesday evening
(previous day 1.06).
This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 106 more people.
The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago.
If it is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides;
if it is consistently higher, the number of cases increases.
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The number of corona vaccinations reported on Monday is 172,899, around 30 percent below the previous week's level.
With the first vaccinations, the minus is 44 percent.
Corona Europe
France
recorded 38,501 new infections within 24 hours.
The French health authority reported the highest value since November on Wednesday evening.
29,975 cases of infection were recorded on Tuesday.
The number of deaths increased by 246 to 91,427.
The number of corona patients in intensive care units fell slightly to 4,219.
In view of the overloading of many French hospitals, Prime Minister Jean Castex wants to comment on a further tightening of the corona requirements in Paris on Thursday.
Among other things, exit restrictions are under discussion, including on weekends, as they already apply on the Côte d'Azur and in parts of northern France.
Nationwide there is also a night curfew from 6 p.m.
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In
Hungary
, more people have died in connection with a corona infection than ever before within 24 hours.
195 new deaths were reported from the health service on Wednesday.
The previous daily record of 193 was set at the beginning of December.
Almost 10,300 corona patients were treated in hospitals, it was said, also a high in Hungary.
At the beginning of February there were barely more than a third as many.
According to the American Johns Hopkins University, the number of corona deaths per million inhabitants in Hungary is the seventh highest in the world.
In
Poland
, the authorities recorded 25,052 new corona infections within 24 hours - as many as last at the beginning of November.
As the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday, 453 people died in connection with the virus over the same period.
The number of new infections is approaching the previous record high since the outbreak of the pandemic: On November 7, Poland reported 27,875 new corona cases within 24 hours.
Corona worldwide
Brazil
reported 90,303 new infections with the coronavirus on Wednesday - more than ever before.
According to the authorities, the number of deaths rose by 2,648, the second highest value after a record of 2,841 deaths on Tuesday.
In the South American country, a total of 284,775 deaths have been recorded since the pandemic began.
This makes Brazil the second hardest hit country in the world after the USA.
In the
United States
, authorities have
reported
40,428
new infections, according to data from the CDC on Tuesday morning (CET).
The previous daily record was reported on January 2 with 300,416 new cases.
A total of
29,269,590
people have been proven to have been infected with the
corona virus
since the outbreak of the epidemic
.
The number of deaths related to the virus increases by at least
589
to
532,355
.
India
recorded as many corona cases within one day as it has not in three months.
The Ministry of Health's figures on Wednesday show that around 29,000 people have become newly infected and 188 people have died in connection with Covid-19.
The maximum values last summer were almost 100,000 new infections per day.
In January it was around 10,000.