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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.

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 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.

Coronavirus in Europe

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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 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

Brazil

again registered a daily high among corona deaths.

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.