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The health authorities in Germany

reported

27,543 new

corona infections to

the

Robert Koch Institute

(RKI) within one day

.

The number of new infections reported could include late reports from North Rhine-Westphalia from the previous day.

A large number of reports from the NRW health authorities had not previously been transmitted in full due to technical difficulties.

According to the RKI,

265

new deaths were recorded

across Germany within 24 hours

.

Subsequent changes or additions to the RKI are possible.

On Friday a week ago, the RKI reported 25,831 new corona infections within one day.

In addition, 247 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours.

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According to the RKI, the number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants was

164.0

nationwide on Friday morning

.

The day before, the RKI had given this seven-day incidence as 161.1.

According to the RKI, the

seven-day incidence of

the past few days cannot yet be used to estimate whether the rising trend of the past week will continue.

The RKI has counted

3,245,253

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

2,865,000

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

81,158

.

The nationwide

seven-day R-value

was 1.08 according to the RKI situation report from Friday evening (previous day: 1.01).

This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 108 more people.

The R-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.

Bremen and Saarland with a vaccination rate of 25 percent

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According to their own statements, Bremen and Saarland were the first federal states to achieve a

vaccination rate of 25 percent

on Friday

.

A quarter of their population has now been immunized at least once, announced the state governments in Saarbrücken and Bremen.

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the nationwide average vaccination rate against Corona was

22.2 percent

on Friday

, with reports being received by Friday morning.

All federal states except for Baden-Württemberg and Hesse are now above the 20 percent mark in terms of their population share.

Hesse continues

to have the

lowest rate

at

20.2 percent

.

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The

Netherlands

want to loosen the contact restrictions next week despite persistently high infection rates.

On

April 28

the valid for three months nightly curfews are to be canceled, announced Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Restaurants and bars are allowed to host guests in the outdoor areas.

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In view of a devastating third corona wave in

Belgium

, the country's health ministry warned on Friday that the intensive care units would be overloaded. Around

900 of

the

2000

intensive care beds in Belgium are occupied with Covid 19 patients. Authorities representative Marcel Van der Auwera said the staff in the intensive care units were "exhausted". According to him, Germany agreed to accept Belgian Covid patients.

Despite concerns about the high number of infections,

Austria has

announced that

its corona restrictions will be relaxed

on May 19

.

The government announced that it is planned that restaurants, hotels and theaters will be allowed to open their doors again for the first time in more than five months.

The night curfew is also to be lifted, with a maximum of four adults being allowed to meet between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter, says Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

Coronavirus worldwide

There was a gratifying record to celebrate

in

Israel

on Friday: Thursday was the first day in ten months without a corona death.

In the

US

, more than

90

million

people

are now

fully vaccinated, as the CDC announced on Friday.

A total of 286 million doses were delivered and 222 million administered.

There are 328 million people in the United States.

The

corona virus

has

again set a daily record for new infections

in

India

.

The country reported 332,730 new cases on Friday.

In addition, 2,263 people died from the virus.

India has registered a total of more than 16 million corona infections and almost 187,000 deaths, as the Ministry of Health announced.

Globally, the virus has only raged worse in the United States.