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In Germany, more than 17,100 new corona infections were reported within one day.
As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Sunday morning, citing information from the health authorities,
17,176 new infections were
detected.
More than 20,400 new infections were registered on Saturday; on the previous Sunday the number was 13,733.
The number of new infections is usually lower on weekends than the weekly average, because fewer tests are carried out on the weekends and fewer test results are transmitted.
The
seven-day incidence
rose further to
129.7
on Sunday
.
On Saturday, the nationwide incidence value was 124.9 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week and on Sunday of last week it was 103.9.
In
Thuringia
, 944 further corona cases were reported on Sunday.
As the State Chancellery announced, the incidence rose to 232 after a slight decrease on Saturday
. On Sunday, after a brief improvement on Saturday, the
district of Greiz
was again the district worst hit by the pandemic in Germany.
There the incidence was a good
514
.
In the Saale-Orla district, which was the number one corona hotspot in Germany on Saturday (514), it went back to 386.
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The RKI also reported
90 more deaths
in connection with Covid-19 disease
this Sunday
.
This means that 75,870 people have died in this country since the beginning of the pandemic.
The total number of corona infections across Germany is now 2,772,401.
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.
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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In view of the increasing number of infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the heads of government of the countries agreed on the extension of the applicable lockdown rules until April 18 at their Corona summit on Tuesday night.
In addition, further regional restrictions have now been decided.
RKI President Lothar Wieler warned on Friday that there were “clear signals” that the third corona wave that has now started “can become even worse than the first two waves”.
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 the intensive care units of hospitals rose to the highest level since the beginning of the year.
According to the authorities, 4791 intensive care patients were treated on Saturday after 4766 on Friday.
The current number is below that of November and below the more than 7,000 intensive care patients in the spring of last year.
Doctors warn of an overload of intensive care units in some regions.
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The
Turkey
said on Saturday
30,021
new infections, the highest number this year.
The number of deaths rose by 151.
Russia
registered
8,885
new infections within 24 hours.
Of these, 1551 fell on the capital Moscow, as the authorities announced on Saturday.
Within one day, 387 more people died from or with the virus.
With over 4.5 million infections in total, Russia has the fourth highest number in the world after the USA, Brazil and India.
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.