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The health authorities in Germany

reported

23,392 new corona infections to

the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day

.

This comes from the RKI figures from Saturday morning, which reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 05:03.

According to the RKI,

286 new deaths were

recorded

across Germany within 24 hours

.

Subsequent changes or additions to the RKI are possible.

On Saturday a week ago, the RKI reported 23,804 new corona infections within one day.

In addition, 219 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours.

According to the RKI, the

number of

new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants

was

164.4

nationwide on Saturday morning

.

The day before, the RKI had given this seven-day incidence as 164.0, on Saturday of last week with 160.7, four weeks ago (27.3.) With 124.9.

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The RKI has counted 3,268,645 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 2,882,300.

The total number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 81,444.

The nationwide

seven-day R-value

was

1.08

(previous day: 1.01)

according to the RKI management report from Friday evening

.

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

The R-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.

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

.

Corona in Europe

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In the

UK

, more than half of the total population has now received their first vaccination against Covid-19.

According to figures from the NHS health service on Saturday, around

28.1 million

people

in England had received

their first sting

up to and including Friday

- bringing the total number of first-time vaccinations in the UK to just under

33.5 million

.

The latest figures from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were still pending at the time.

In total, more than 45 million corona vaccinations have already been administered in Great Britain.

Over 11.6 million people have already received their second vaccination.

In total, an estimated 66.8 million people live in the UK.

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The

Netherlands

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

28th

Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that the night curfews, which have been in effect for three months, will be lifted. Restaurants and bars are allowed to host guests in the outdoor areas. Dutch doctors fear the emergency in hospitals. If the number of infections does not go down quickly, then “Code Schwarz” threatens next week, said the chairman of the Association of Intensive Care Physicians, Diederik Gommers, on the radio on Friday. In the case of “Code Schwarz”, a triage commission in hospitals has to decide which patients should still be helped. Several hospitals in the country are so overcrowded with Covid patients that the limits of their performance have been reached, said Gommers.

In view of the heavily used intensive care units,

Belgium

asked Germany to admit corona patients. This was reported by the Belgian news agency Belga, citing the head of medical emergency aid, Marcel Van der Auwera. Some hospital locations no longer have intensive care beds available. According to official information, there have been almost

450

corona cases per 100,000 inhabitants

in Belgium in the past 14 days

. This is a slight decrease compared to the previous weeks, but at the same time the number of deaths rose - also only slightly - to an average of just under 40 per day. Around 11.5 million people live in Belgium.

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.

In

India

, the corona situation is worsening: On Saturday,

a new high was reached

with

2,624

deaths within 24 hours, according to the authorities. The central government was meanwhile trying to supply the completely overloaded hospitals with additional oxygen for artificial ventilation of Covid-19 patients. More than

340,000

new infections were reported

on Saturday

. Overall, the number of people infected since the start of the pandemic is now 16.5 million. This puts India in second place worldwide behind the USA. Almost 190,000 people in India died from or with the virus.

The health system in

Pakistan

is also becoming increasingly overloaded due to the increasing number of corona diseases. On Saturday, the country's health authorities reported a record number of

157

corona deaths within one day. At the same time, 4682 patients were treated in intensive care units - that is also a record number. As in neighboring India, oxygen for ventilation is becoming scarce in the clinics. In view of the 216 million inhabitants, the numbers appear low in an international comparison. "The actual number of coronavirus-related deaths is higher than reported," said Qaiser Sajjad, Secretary General of the Pakistani Doctors' Association, to the German Press Agency.