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Corona test center in Hamburg (symbol picture): Almost 2300 newly infected nationwide
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The number of new infections with the coronavirus has again clearly exceeded the threshold of 2000 and reached the highest value since the end of April.
Within one day, the health authorities in Germany reported 2,297 new corona infections, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Saturday morning.
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 the test frequency.
9384 infected people died
According to the RKI figures, at least 270,070 people in Germany have been proven to have been infected with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the corona crisis (data as of September 19, 00:00).
According to the RKI, the number of deaths in connection with a corona infection is 9384. By Thursday morning, around 239,800 people had survived the infection according to RKI estimates.
According to RKI estimates in Germany, according to the management report on Friday, the number of reproductions, or R value for short, was 1.16 (previous day: 1.07).
This means that one infected person infects a little more than one other person on average.
The R-value represents the infection process from about one and a half weeks before.
In addition, the RKI gives a so-called seven-day R in its current situation report.
The value relates to a longer period and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations.
According to RKI estimates, this value was 1.21 (previous day: 1.15).
It shows the infection process from eight to 16 days ago.
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