The nationwide seven-day incidence has again risen to a high.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday morning as 372.7.

For comparison: the previous day the value was 362.2, a week ago it was 289 (previous month: 85.6).

The health authorities in Germany reported 42,727 new corona infections to the RKI within one day - 28 percent more than a week ago.

According to the new information, 75 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 55 deaths.

The RKI has counted 5,354,942 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not recognized.

The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Friday at 5.34 (Thursday: 5.30).

With the indicator it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay.

The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.

Saxony remains a hotspot

There are still large regional differences in the infection rate. In eighteen counties, the seven-day incidence was over 1,000. Sixteen rural districts recorded an incidence value of less than 100. In Saxony, the incidence is now well over 800

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The RKI reported a specific value of 862.1 on Sunday. On Saturday, the incidence - the number of new infections reported per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days - was 793.7. The Free State remains a nationwide Corona hotspot before Bavaria (639.4) and Thuringia (628).

Five districts in Saxony have an incidence value of 1000. The district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains is still the most severely affected with an incidence of 1618.6.

This is followed by the districts of Bautzen (1336.2), Meißen (1201.9), Northern Saxony (1195.3) and the Erzgebirgskreis (1103.6).

The RKI once again reported the lowest incidence for the state capital Dresden (448.4).

The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 4,626,300.

The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 99,062.