Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 14 million corona infections have been registered in Germany.
As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced today, the health authorities have reported a total of 14,188,269 infections.
The actual number of infections is likely to be significantly higher, as many go undetected.
Because some people became infected several times, it is not possible to determine from this number how many people were proven to already have the virus.
The nationwide seven-day incidence has fallen again.
The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week as 1265.0.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1306.8.
A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1385.1.
The health authorities in Germany reported 216,322 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.
This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m.
A week ago there were 235,626 infections.
Experts assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data.
One reason is the limited capacity of health authorities, for example, and contacts are often only tracked to a limited extent.
In addition, according to the ALM laboratory association, there is now a larger number of people whose infection is no longer confirmed by a PCR test - these infections are therefore not included in the official statistics.
243 dead within one day
According to the new information, 243 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 261 deaths.
The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 6.34 (Tuesday 6.21) according to the RKI.
Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.
According to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (Divi), the corona situation in the intensive care units is currently relatively relaxed.
"We admit around 250 new patients to the intensive care units every day, but we also move many back to the normal wards," said Divi President Gernot Marx to the editorial network Germany.
Marx described the situation with regard to the care and treatment of corona patients as “currently very stable”.
The number of Covid patients in intensive care units is currently falling slightly again.
"But that is expressly not due to a noticeable number of deceased, as we had to record in November and December, for example," he said.
The RKI put the number of people who had recovered at 10,435,800.
The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 122,145.