Corona in Germany: RKI incidence rises to record high - new high-risk areas from today

The RKI reported over 40,000 new corona infections on Sunday, the incidence has reached a peak.

Now there are new high-risk areas.

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• The seven-day incidence in Germany has risen to a new high.

  There were over 40,000 new infections and 75 deaths in 24 hours

  (see initial report)

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• The Federal Foreign Office has now announced new high-risk areas - including a popular holiday destination

  (see update from November 21st, 12 noon)

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• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from November 21st, 12.00 p.m.:

The increasing numbers of corona infections worldwide have led the Federal Foreign Office to announce new high-risk areas via the Robert Koch Institute. In addition to the neighboring countries Austria and the Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands without a large part of their overseas territories, Ireland and the popular holiday destination Greece are now on the list. According to the RKI, this will apply from this Sunday.

Only countries outside Europe have been removed from the high-risk list.

Eastern European countries such as Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Ukraine can still be found on it.

In total, the Federal Foreign Office has identified 66 countries worldwide as high-risk areas.

For travelers from these countries, this means a ten-day quarantine obligation if they are not fully vaccinated or have not recovered.

According to the RKI, you can have your own freedom five days after entering the country at the earliest.

Corona: Germany-wide incidence at record high - nightly curfews in hotspot regions

Update from November 21, 9:56 a.m.:

Baden-Württemberg is tightening the applicable corona rules in some hotspot regions.

From Monday, there will be a night curfew for unvaccinated people between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the districts of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Ostalbkreis and Biberach.

First report from November 21:

Munich - The nationwide seven-day incidence * has reached a new high.

The Robert Koch Institute * (RKI) stated the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday (November 21) as 372.7.

The day before, the value was 362.2, a week ago at 289 and in the previous month at 85.6.

Corona in Germany: Over 40,000 new infections - 75 deaths

The health authorities reported 42,727 new Corona * infections to the RKI within one day.

This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 04.35 a.m.

Exactly one week ago there were 33,498 infections.

According to the information, 75 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 55 deaths.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has counted 5,354,942 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2. * The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not recognized.

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An intensive care nurse works on a Covid 19 patient in an intensive care unit.

© Sebastian Gollnow / dpa / archive image

The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Friday at 5.34 (Thursday: 5.30).

With the indicator it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay.

The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.

Corona in Germany: Over 4,600,000 million recovered - almost 100,000 dead

The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 4,626,300.

The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 99,062.

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