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In France, the number of corona patients in intensive care units reached 4766, the highest level this year, as the authorities announced on Friday.
In the spring of 2020, more than 7,000 were recorded.
At 41,869, the number of new infections is significantly higher than a week ago with 35,088.
With regard to the situation in hospitals, President Emmanuel Macron said that new restrictions would probably be necessary because of the third wave.
The health authorities in Germany reported
21,573 new
corona infections to
the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI) within one day
.
In addition,
183
new deaths were recorded
within 24 hours
.
That comes from the numbers of the RKI from Friday.
Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 17,482 new infections and 226 new deaths within one day.
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According to the RKI, the
number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (
seven-day incidences
) was
119.1
nationwide on Friday morning
- and thus higher than the day before (113.3).
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
.
The RKI has counted
2,734,753
detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany
since the beginning of the pandemic
.
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
2,467,600
.
The total number of people who died with or with a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection rose to
75,623
.
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According to the RKI management report on Friday evening, the
nationwide
seven-day R-value
was
1.14
(previous day 1.08).
This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 114 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.
In Germany, the number of
first vaccinations
on Friday - exactly three months after the start of the vaccination campaign - was
8,364,197
.
With 83.16 million inhabitants that is
10.06 percent
.
The number of
second vaccinations
was
3,683,054
.
Coronavirus in Europe
The number of new corona infections in
Poland
has reached a record level for the third day in a row.
Within 24 hours,
35,143
new cases were added, most of them (5264) in the Mazovia region with the capital Warsaw, according to the Ministry of Health.
During the same period,
443
people
died from
the virus.
The previous record was only reached on Thursday at 34,151.
Poland has almost 38 million inhabitants.
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In view of the drastically increasing number, Poland will tighten the lockdown from Saturday.
Furniture stores and hardware stores have to close again, the same applies to hairdressing salons and cosmetic studios.
The federal government has classified Poland as a
high incidence
area.
This category includes countries and regions in which the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants is over 200 within a week.
Entry from the neighboring country bordering Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and Saxony is only allowed with a negative corona test.
Coronavirus international
The number of new corona infections in
Brazil every day
has reached a new high of more than 100,000 cases.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 100,158 infections were detected within 24 hours.
This increased the total number of corona infections in the South American country to 12.3 million.
With 2,777 other victims within one day, Brazil now has 303,462 corona deaths to complain about.
Only in the United States were more infections and deaths recorded.