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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - The number of confirmed corona infections and the seven-day incidence also increased in Baden-Württemberg at the weekend.

According to the State Health Office (as of 4:00 p.m.), the number of cases rose from Saturday to Sunday by 486 to a total of 323,931, those of deaths related to Covid-19 by 8 to 8,270. This is compared to an estimated 301,472 recovered, which is one An increase of 840.

For the entire country, the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants grew within the past seven days from 59.7 on Saturday to 60.5 now.

At the weekend, the information is usually lower because not all health authorities report their numbers.

The number of municipalities with a seven-day incidence of less than 35 has meanwhile decreased further to only three: These are the Schwarzwald-Baar district (31.1) as well as the Tübingen district (24.5) and the Heilbronn city district (32.4).

However, only the district of Schwäbisch Hall has a three-digit figure with 173.3.

27 urban and rural districts are above the limit value 50.

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Since the end of December, the Stuttgart authority has received 7248 cases with indications of "worrying virus variants".

With 5849 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, 245 Covid-19 patients were treated in intensive care and 131 of them received invasive ventilation.

According to the information, a good 83 percent of 2411 operable intensive care beds are currently occupied in 2003.

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 (as of March 6, 11:55 p.m.), 665 057 people in Baden-Württemberg have been vaccinated against the virus for the first time, 317 595 have received a second vaccination.

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