The health authorities in Germany reported 4209 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. This is evident from the figures from Tuesday morning, which reflect the status of the RKI case numbers page from 8:11 a.m. For comparison: a week ago the value was 6125 infections, However, the number of cases from Brandenburg was missing in the data set. The RKI announced the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants reported within seven days on Tuesday morning nationwide 79.5 (Previous day: 83.1; previous week: 115.4).
Due to the past Ascension weekend, when interpreting the number of cases, it should be noted that fewer people see a doctor on public holidays and bridging days. As a result, fewer samples are taken and fewer laboratory tests are carried out, according to the RKI’s management report on Monday. “This means that fewer pathogens are reported to the responsible health authorities.”
Germany-wide were the information according to within 24 hours 221 new deaths recorded. A week ago there were 283 dead.
The RKI has counted a total of 3,603,055 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, however, since many infections are not recognized. The number of people who died with or with the involvement of a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 is now given as 86,381.
The nationwide seven-day R-value was 0.77 according to the RKI management report from Monday evening (Previous day: 0.82). This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 77 more people. The R-value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides; if it is consistently higher, the number of cases increases. (dpa)
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