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Erfurt (dpa / th) - In Thuringia, 79 cases with mutations of the coronavirus have currently been detected.

In 52 cases it is the British mutation, in two cases the variant from South Africa, as the State Chancellery announced on Tuesday.

In the remaining cases, it was initially not clear which variant was present.

Keeping an eye on the development of the mutations is important, among other things, because some are considered more contagious and aggressive than the virus type that has been particularly widespread to date.

In addition, in some cases it is unclear how the vaccines developed so far work with the virus variants.

The pandemic has Thuringia under control: At around 135, the value of new infections registered within the past seven days per 100,000 inhabitants on Tuesday was not higher in any other federal state.

This emerged from information provided by the State Chancellery with reference to data from the Robert Koch Institute.

Only in Saarland (110) and Saxony-Anhalt (106) did the seven-day incidence also exceed the 100 mark.

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In the Free State, the districts of Schmalkalden-Meiningen (246), Hildburghausen (241), Eichsfeld (229) and Gotha (211) are particularly hard hit with a view to the seven-day incidence.

The city of Eisenach (26) had the lowest value on Tuesday.

The Wartburg city was also below the threshold of 50, above which easing the pandemic restrictions can be up for debate.

However, the Ministry of Health emphasized that late reports for new infections are expected for both Eisenach and some other regions.

The numbers can therefore still increase.

So far, the number of new cases recorded from Monday to Tuesday was 215. The total number since the start of the pandemic rose to 68,855. The number of deaths related to Covid-19 rose by 27 to 2,393.

According to the Ministry of Health, 67,993 people in Thuringia had received an initial vaccination against the corona virus by Tuesday.

23 420 have already been vaccinated a second time.

Around 2.1 million people live in Thuringia.

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