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RKI reports the highest number of new corona infections since the end of April
7:21 a.m.:
The number of new infections with the
corona virus
in Germany has reached the highest value since April.
Within one day, the health authorities in Germany reported 2507 new corona infections, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Saturday morning.
On Friday, the number of newly reported corona cases was 2153.
According to RKI information on Saturday morning, at least 282,730 people in Germany have been proven to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus since the start of the corona crisis (data as of September 26, 12.00 a.m.).
According to the RKI, the number of deaths in connection with a corona infection is 9452. That is 9 more than the day before.
Around 249,700 people survived the infection according to RKI estimates.
The peak of new infections reported daily was at more than 6000 at the end of March / beginning of April.
The number then tended to fall and rose again in July.
In August, the number of cases was just over 2000 (2034).
The number of new infections detected also depends on how many people are tested.
According to RKI estimates in Germany, according to the management report on Friday, the number of reproductions, or R value for short, was 0.91 (previous day: 0.78).
This means that an infected person infects slightly less than another person on average.
The R-value depicts the infection rate about one and a half weeks beforehand.
In addition, the RKI gives a seven-day R-value, which is less subject to daily fluctuations.
It shows the infection process from 8 to 16 days ago and was last at 1.01 (previous day: 0.97).
According to this, an infected person infects approximately one other person on average.
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7:04 a.m.:
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Berlin may face new contact restrictions
6:50 a.m.:
In Berlin there could soon be contact
restrictions
again.
The Senate will discuss the details on Tuesday, Health Senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) told RBB after a meeting with district representatives.
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Berlin Health Senator Kalayci: Contact restriction to a maximum of five people from two households is again conceivable
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The Senate lifted contact restrictions in late June after the number of new infections fell.
At the height of the corona pandemic, people in Berlin were only allowed to meet one person outside the household.
It is now conceivable that, like until the end of June, only a maximum of five people or people from two households will be able to meet again, said Kalayci.
In addition, she had agreed with the representatives of the inner city districts to limit private celebrations.
There could be an upper limit of a maximum of 50 people outdoors and 25 people indoors.
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