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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has again reported an increase in the nationwide
seven-day incidence
.
The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Tuesday morning as
387.9
.
For comparison: the previous day the value was 375.7.
A week ago the nationwide incidence was 239.9 (previous month: 402.9).
The health authorities in Germany also reported 45,690 new corona infections
to the RKI within one day
.
This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5:42 a.m.
A week ago there were 30,561 infections, with gaps in tests and reports over the course of the holidays.
According to the new information, 322 deaths
were recorded across Germany within 24 hours
.
A week ago there were 356 deaths.
The RKI has counted 7,581,381 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not recognized.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Monday as 3.37 (Friday: 3.15), on the weekend the value is not reported.
The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered on Tuesday morning at 6,792,300.
The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 114,351.
Thousands demonstrate against corona politics
On Monday evening, thousands of people took to the streets in several German cities to demonstrate against the corona policy.
The actions were largely peaceful, as the police in the various cities announced.
In
Bautzen
, however, at least three police officers were injured.
The officers were thrown with cobblestones and bottles.
A total of around 500 people have moved through the city.
Around 150 to 200 of them were violent hooligans and people from the radical right-wing milieu.
Around 15,000 people protested at 20 locations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and around 17,300 in Thuringia.
In Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg, too, the assemblies received a large number of visitors.
In
Rostock
, the police used pepper spray because demonstrators were trying to break through barriers.
In
Cologne
, around 1,500 demonstrators took to the streets on Monday evening, in
Lübeck
at two meetings almost 1,300, in
Wittenberg
in Saxony-Anhalt almost 1,800. Meanwhile, the seven-day incidence in Lübeck jumped the 1000 mark - the Hanseatic city currently has the third highest incidence in a nationwide comparison of the districts.
One of the largest demonstrations with around 3900 participants took place in
Nuremberg
.
Around
2400 people came to
Bamberg and 2000 to
Augsburg
. According to the police, the Swabian city is now being investigated because of a Hitler salute.
In
Schweinfurt
, a 51-year-old bit a police officer in the leg.
In Saxony, demonstrations against the corona policy took place in Dresden, Zwickau, Görlitz, Chemnitz and Freiberg, among others.
According to initial estimates, around 700 people who repeatedly evaded the police gathered in Freiberg, said a police
spokesman
.
When the officers formed a barrier with vehicles in one place, there was a breakthrough of about a hundred people.
A police vehicle was damaged.
The spokesman said that there was an increased potential for violence.
aar / dpa
