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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - In Baden-Württemberg, the spread of the corona virus has still not stopped.

The number of confirmed cases rose from Friday to Saturday by 1209 to a total of 323 445, the number of deaths related to Covid-19 by 13 to 8262. This is compared to an estimated 300 632 recovered people, which corresponds to an increase of 869, according to the State Health Office (Status: 4 p.m.) announced.

Meanwhile, the number of municipalities with a seven-day incidence of less than 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants fell to four.

These are the Enz district (34.6) and the Schwarzwald-Baar district (32) as well as the Tübingen district (30.2) and the Heilbronn urban district (32.4).

On the other hand, only the district of Schwäbisch Hall has a three-digit figure with 175.8;

The day before, the Rottweil district was also included.

For the whole country, the seven-day incidence rose from 57.3 on Friday to 59.7 now.

Since the end of December, the Stuttgart authority has received 7137 cases with indications of “worrisome virus variants”.

With 5740 cases, this mainly affects type B.1.1.7, which was first discovered in Great Britain.

The proportion of evidence of such variants was more than 50 percent in the past week.

It has been rising continuously for weeks.

Most recently, 241 Covid-19 patients received intensive care, 140 of which were invasively ventilated.

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According to the information, a good 84 percent of 2418 operable intensive care beds are currently occupied with 2033.

These are not only used for corona patients, but the proportion of free beds serves as an important indicator for the burden on the health system and the free reserves.

According to the health department, 640 456 people in Baden-Württemberg have now been vaccinated against the virus for the first time, and 309 740 have received a second vaccination.

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