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Magdeburg (dpa / sa) - The number of people currently infected with corona in Saxony-Anhalt has exceeded the 4000 mark.

On Friday, 4021 people currently infected were recorded after 3841 the day before, as the Ministry of Social Affairs in Magdeburg announced.

A week ago there were 3298. From Thursday to Friday afternoon, 435 new cases were reported.

Six other people who were found to have the virus died - 160 in total.

The number of new infections with Sars-CoV-2 per 100,000 inhabitants in the country continued to climb - to 95.86.

A week ago the value was 73.63.

From a value of 50, a region is considered a risk area - all 14 districts and urban districts are currently higher.

So far, a total of 11,726 corona cases have been recorded in Saxony-Anhalt. 1069 sick people were treated in hospitals. According to the information, 55 intensive care and ventilation beds are currently occupied with Covid 19 patients. 27 of these patients would be artificially ventilated.