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Magdeburg (dpa / sa) - In Saxony-Anhalt, the corona events are no longer going back.

According to an overview by the Ministry of Health on Saturday, almost 93 out of 100,000 Saxony-Anhalters were verifiably infected with the virus in the past week.

Values ​​in a range around 90 have been reported since Wednesday.

On Saturday a week ago, the so-called 7-day incidence was still 82.29.

According to the calculations of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Saxony-Anhalt, together with Thuringia, continues to be one of the most heavily polluted states and was well above the national average (57.8).

According to the Magdeburg Ministry, 312 new positive corona evidence was added from Friday to Saturday.

The number of people actively infected rose slightly from 3,680 to 3,721 compared to the previous day, but is still below the level of the previous week (4,342).

Since the pandemic began in March 2020, according to state statistics, more than 58,600 Saxon hitchhikers have been proven to be infected with the corona virus, and 2,319 of them died.

The number of corona deaths in the country rose by eight within one day - by more than 500 since the beginning of February.

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More than 45,300 men and women in Saxony-Anhalt have already received two doses of vaccine and thus full protection against the pathogen.

At the beginning of the month there were not even half as many.

The number of first vaccinations rose from around 50,000 to a good 79,000 in the same period.

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Communication from the Ministry of Social Affairs on the current Corona events (as of February 20)