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The infection situation in Germany continues to worsen.
The
seven-day incidence
was reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) recently at
124.9
as of numbers seen on Saturday morning.
The value is now higher than it has been since January 19 (131.5).
The data reflect the status of the RKI dashboard from 5 a.m., subsequent changes or additions to the RKI are possible.
On Friday the RKI had given the incidence as 119.1, two weeks ago it was 76.1.
The seven-day incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week and is an important indicator for the course of the pandemic.
After the number of new infections fell significantly in lockdown by around mid-February, the number of infections recently rose sharply again - which experts also attribute to the widespread spread of more contagious variants.
Only three federal states are meanwhile below the threshold of an incidence of 100 - Schleswig-Holstein (66), Rhineland-Palatinate (97) and Saarland (70).
The day before, five federal states were still part of this group.
The health authorities in Germany reported
20,472 new corona infections
to
the RKI over the course of Friday
, as it was called on Saturday morning.
In addition,
157 new deaths were
recorded
within 24 hours
.
Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 16,033 new infections and 207 new deaths within one day.
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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.
The RKI has counted
2,755,225
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
2,477,500
.
The total number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to
75,780
.
According to the RKI situation report on Saturday, the
nationwide
seven-day R-value
was
1.19
(previous day 114).
This means that 100 infected people infect an additional 119 people.
The value represents the occurrence of the infection eight 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 Thuringian
Saale-Orla district
has replaced the
Greiz district
as the
number one corona hotspot
among the districts nationwide.
The seven-day value for new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the Saale-Orla district on Saturday (as of midnight) was 514.2, according to an overview by the Robert Koch Institute.
This was followed by the Schwäbisch-Hall district in Baden-Württemberg with an incidence of 438.6 as well as the Thuringian Wartburg district (434.5) and the Greiz district (421).
Coronavirus in Europe
The number of new infections in the
Netherlands
has
risen
to
8798
, the highest level since the beginning of January, as the authorities announced on Saturday.
The National Health Institute (RIVM) has predicted an increase in cases by the end of April, despite all lockdown measures.
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.
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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 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, as the Ministry of Health announced on Friday.
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.
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 worldwide
The
Turkey
said on Saturday
30,021
new infections, the highest number this year.
The number of deaths rose by 151.
Even
Brazil
recorded a daily maximum value at the Corona-dead again.
The Ministry of Health in Brasília reported 3,650 deaths related to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours on Friday evening (local time).
On Tuesday, Brazil recorded more than 3,000 corona deaths in one day for the first time.
This increased the number of corona deaths to 307,112.
More than 12.4 million people have been shown to be infected with the coronavirus.
Only in the US are the numbers higher.
Brazil has 210 million inhabitants and is 24 times the size of Germany.
The health system has collapsed or is collapsing in many places.
Medication, including for intubation of Covid-19 patients, is running out.
As the news portal "G1" reported, citing the research facility "Fundação Oswaldo Cruz" (Fiocruz), the latest data indicate an increase in the disease among younger people.
In the
US
, the number of new infections rose by 68,511 cases, according to data from the US disease agency CDC on Friday.
In total, around 29.9 million people in the United States were infected with the coronavirus.
The number of deaths rose by 1,391 to 543,975.