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Sign in Lower Saxony: The RKI now indicates the number of those who have recovered at 4,355,300
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Germany is fighting the fourth corona wave: The nationwide seven-day incidence of new infections has risen to more than 180.
As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Saturday morning, citing data from the health authorities, the value increased to 183.7.
The day before it was 169.9, a week ago it was 145.1.
The value indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
According to the latest information from the RKI, 34,002 new coronavirus infections were recorded within 24 hours.
The day before, the number of new infections had reached 37,120, a record since the beginning of the pandemic.
A week ago, the value was 21,543 infections.
According to the new information, 142 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 90 deaths.
The total number of registered cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic rose to 4,743,490.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days - the most important parameter for a possible tightening of the corona restrictions - was given by the RKI on Friday at 3.91 (Thursday: 3.73).
With the indicator it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay.
A nationwide threshold value from when the situation can be viewed critically is not provided for the incidence of hospitalization, among other things because of large regional differences.
The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.
The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 4,355,300.
The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 96,488.
At a joint meeting in Lindau, Bavaria, the federal and state health ministers decided that they wanted to offer all people booster vaccinations.
In addition to general practitioners and mobile vaccination offers, the vaccination centers should also play a role again.
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