From red / dpa / lsw March 10, 2021 – 9:08 p.m.
The proportion of corona variants in Baden-Württemberg is now 59 percent. (Symbol photo)
Photo: dpa / Sebastian Gollnow
In Baden-Württemberg, the corona variants are increasingly displacing the original virus. In the past calendar week, their share was almost 60 percent of the positive tests examined.
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From red / dpa / lsw
March 10, 2021 – 9:08 pm
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Stuttgart – The corona variants are increasingly displacing the original virus in Baden-Württemberg. In the past calendar week, their share of 59 percent was below the examined positive tests just before the 60 percent mark. As the State Health Office announced on Wednesday in Stuttgart, this corresponds to an increase of eleven points compared to the previous week. These values come from the ALM, the association of accredited laboratories in medicine.
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Since December 2020, 8,810 virus variants of particular importance have been reported to the State Health Office. Since the turn of the year, the office has registered 667 outbreaks with 2908 variants. The number of reported cases of corona variants was highest in the middle age groups and relatively low among old and young people.
According to the state health office (as of 4:00 p.m.), 1483 newly reported corona cases were added within 24 hours. This has increased the total number since the outbreak of the pandemic to 327,167. The number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days rose from 60.2 to 62.7. In addition, a further 31 deaths were reported in connection with Covid-19. In total there are now 8345 deceased. This is compared to an estimated 303,704 recovered.
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