The seven-day incidence rises to 706.3
Created: 2022-01-21Updated: 2022-01-21 05:21
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The RKI registered 140,160 new corona infections within 24 hours.
The incidence is also rising to a new high.
Berlin – The nationwide 7-day incidence reported by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has exceeded the threshold of 700 for the first time.
The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Friday morning as 706.3.
For comparison: the day before the value was 638.8.
A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 470.6 (previous month: 306.4).
The health authorities in Germany reported 140,160 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.
This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 05:01 a.m.
A week ago there were 92,223 infections.
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According to the new information, 170 deaths were recorded in Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 286 deaths.
The RKI has counted 8,460,546 infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 3.56 (Wednesday: 3.34) according to the RKI.
The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Friday morning as 7,178,000.
The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose 116,485.
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