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The health authorities in Germany

reported

15,813

new corona infections to

the

Robert Koch Institute

(RKI) within one day

.

In addition,

248

new deaths were recorded

within 24 hours

.

That comes from the numbers of the RKI from Wednesday.

Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 13,435 new infections and 249 new deaths within one day.

According to the RKI, the

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

seven-day incidence

) was

108.1

nationwide on Wednesday morning

- and thus slightly higher than the previous day (107.3).

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

2,690,523

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 RKI

stated the

number of those who had

recovered

at

around

2,445,300

.

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

75,212

.

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The nationwide

seven-day R-value

was, according to the RKI situation report from Tuesday evening,

1.04

(previous day 1.12).

This means that 100 infected people infect 104 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.

The proportion of positive corona tests continues to rise

In addition, according to the ALM laboratory association, the

proportion of positive corona

tests

in Germany has increased again.

The positive

rate

increased

from around 7.2 percent to

8.3 percent

compared to the previous week

, the Association of Accredited Laboratories in Medicine announced on Tuesday.

According to this, 98,762 tests of the approximately 1.2 million PCR tests in the week from March 15 to 21 were positive.

In the previous week there were 77,646 positive results in around 1.1 million tests.

In the first week of March, the positive rate was around 6.4 percent.

Around one million PCR tests were performed at the time.

The data from 175 laboratories showed that the pandemic is gaining momentum again, said ALM chairman Michael Müller.

On the one hand, this is due to the increased contact and, on the other hand, to the spreading virus variants.

Incidence in the Balearic Islands below 30

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The seven-day incidence in the

Balearic Islands

is currently

26.5

new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

This emerges from information from the Spanish Ministry of Health on Monday evening.

The authorities in the Balearic Islands, which include the holiday islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, reported 14 new infections within 24 hours.

But compared to the previous days, the infections are picking up.

According to a media report, the regional government has decided to close the interiors of cafés and restaurants, which have recently been reopened under certain conditions.

On March 14, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

removed

the Balearic Islands from the list of

corona risk areas

after the incidence of

50

new infections per 100,000 inhabitants fell within seven days.

The

travel advice of

the Federal Foreign Office

is based on this list

.

Those returning from the Balearic Islands do not currently have to be

quarantined

or tested.

According to "Bild", several airlines have agreed to test returning travelers themselves.

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The seven-day incidence in the whole of

Spain

is currently

62.5

new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

In

Germany

, according to RKI information from Monday morning, this value is

107.3

nationwide

- and thus slightly higher than the previous day (103.9).

In

Poland

, the number of new infections every day has approached the 30,000 mark for the first time.

Within 24 hours, 29,978 new cases were added, most of them (4605) in Silesia, the Polish Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.

During the same period, 575 people died from the virus.

The previous record was reached at the beginning of November with 27,875 cases.

There have been 50,340 deaths related to corona infection in Poland since the start of the pandemic.

The country has around 38 million inhabitants.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that he would announce further restrictions on Thursday.

These should then also apply over the Easter holidays.

The German federal government has classified Poland as a high incidence area since Sunday.

In

Greece

, the number of new corona infections rose to a new high on Tuesday.

According to the Greek health authority, 3586 new cases were registered within 24 hours, half of them in the greater Athens area.

The number of patients requiring ventilation rose to 699. Both values ​​are the highest since the beginning of the pandemic in Greece.

The number of people who have died with or from Corona so far rose by 51 to 7582 people.

The Greek health system is coming under increasing pressure from the unchecked increase.

At the beginning of the week, the government committed 200 freelance pulmonologists and general practitioners to Corona service in order to relieve the overburdened staff in the state hospitals.

Private clinics have also already been obliged to reserve places for patients who are not infected with Corona but suffer from other diseases.

Coronavirus worldwide

The number of corona deaths reaches

2,828,303 million

worldwide

.

The number of infections in over 210 countries rose to more than 122.34 million cases, according to a Reuters survey based on official data.

The first corona infections were registered in China in December 2019.

The US is hardest hit with 541,219 deaths and more than 29.7 million infected.

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Brazil was

only the second country in the world to break

the 3000 corona death mark recorded in one day.

According to data from the Ministry of Health in Brasília on Tuesday evening (local time), 3,251 people died within 24 hours.

So far, only the United States had passed the 3,000 death mark in this 24-hour period.

A total of 298,676 people died in connection with Covid-19 in Brazil.

82,493 people were newly infected, bringing the number of people infected with corona in the largest country in Latin America to more than 12.1 million.

Only in the US are the numbers even higher.

"The gloomy record reflects the uncontrolled pandemic and lifts the Brazilian tragedy to a new level," wrote the news portal "G1".

In the

USA

, the total number of corona cases is approaching the 30 million mark - 29,708,385 infections since the start of the pandemic were reported by the US epidemic authority CDC as of Tuesday afternoon, German time.

The 7 day incidence is 116.1.

In addition, 986 people died within a 24-hour time window.

More than a quarter of the population has been vaccinated once. 13.7 percent are fully vaccinated - in the case of those over 65 who are particularly at risk, this figure is as high as 43.1 percent.

On the anniversary of the first lockdown in

India

, the number of new infections rose to its highest level since the beginning of November.

The authorities are reporting 46,951 new registered cases, two-thirds of them in Maharashtra state, where the economic metropolis of Mumbai is located.

The Ministry of Health fears an increase in cases due to the Hindu Mahakumbh festival, which culminates in April.

Local authorities expect a total of 150 million participants.

So far, 44 million doses have been inoculated in India.

The government plans to vaccinate 300 million of the 1.35 billion people in the country by August.

In

Thailand

, human studies have started with the vaccine developed in the country.

According to the Ministry of Health, it should give the government more leeway in vaccination policy.

"The vaccine, which is manufactured by Thais for Thais, should be used next year," says Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, chairman of the board of directors at Mahidol University.