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Intensive care unit in Offenbach
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The incidence of new corona infections in Germany has risen sharply again.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the
seven-day incidence
on Thursday morning as
285.9
.
The day before it was 258.6, a week ago it was 207.4.
The value quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days.
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As the RKI now announced, citing data from the health authorities,
64,340 new infections
were recorded within 24 hours.
The previous day the value was 58,912, a week ago it was 42,770.
This means that the number is no longer far removed from the previous daily high.
The previous high was 65,371 new infections on November 18.
In addition, 443 new
coronavirus-related deaths were counted
on Wednesday .
According to the latest information from the institute, the health authorities have recorded a total of 7,361,660 cases of infection since the start of the pandemic.
The total number of registered corona deaths in Germany rose to 113,368.
The institute put the number of people recovered from illness caused by the coronavirus in Germany at around 6,626,500.
The RKI pointed out that fewer tests and reports were expected during the holidays and at the turn of the year, which is why the numbers probably do not provide a complete picture of the infection situation in Germany.
In November, the federal and state governments set the so-called hospitalization incidence as the decisive benchmark for tightening the corona measures.
Maximum values reported from other industrialized countries
This value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are in hospital within seven days because of a corona infection.
According to the latest RKI report from Wednesday, the
hospitalization
incidence nationwide was
3.20
.
Virus indicators are currently rising rapidly in other countries as well.
The USA, France and Great Britain had recently reported daily highs for new infections.
jok / AFP