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RKI registers 22,657 new corona infections and 228 new deaths
6.33 a.m.:
The health authorities in Germany reported 22,657 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day.
In addition, 228 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours.
That comes from the numbers of the RKI from Thursday.
Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 17,504 new infections and 227 new deaths within one day.
The data reflect the status of the RKI dashboard from 05:05 a.m., subsequent changes or additions to the RKI are possible.
Most recently there were more new infections on January 14th.
On that day, 25,164 were registered.
In addition, 1,244 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours.
According to the RKI, the number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) was 113.3 nationwide on Thursday morning - and thus higher than the previous day (108.1).
More than 30 million corona infections detected in the USA
0.55 a.m.:
Since the beginning of the global corona pandemic, more than 30 million infections with the virus have been detected in the USA.
That came out on Wednesday evening (local time) from the data from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
No other country in the world has recorded so many infections - and there is likely to be a high number of unreported cases.
Also in terms of death toll, the United States is the country hardest hit by the pandemic in absolute terms.
More than half a million people died as a result of corona infection.
The country is making rapid progress with the vaccination campaign: More than 46.3 of the around 330 million inhabitants are already fully vaccinated, and more than 85.4 million people have received at least one dose.
Physicist Priesemann warns of new coronavirus variants
0.40 a.m.:
The physicist and modeler Viola Priesemann from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization has warned of new coronavirus variants that could make vaccinations obsolete or reduce their effectiveness.
"In the worst case, a variant develops that forces us to start all over again with the vaccination," said Priesemann on Wednesday evening on the ARD talk show "Maischberger".
So-called escape variants developed where many people had already been vaccinated, says Priesemann.
It is about viruses that managed to bypass the immune protection of the vaccination.
"There are initial findings that some of the virus variants can, at least in part," said Priesemann.
If many have been vaccinated and at the same time there is a high incidence, "then we breed these escape variants here in Germany," said Priesemann with a view to the upcoming summer.
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