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The nationwide
seven-day incidence
of new corona infections has fallen again for the first time in a week.
As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Sunday morning, the value is now
1723.8
.
On Friday it was 1758.4, a week ago it was 1708.7.
The value quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days.
As the RKI further reported, citing data from the health authorities, the absolute number of
new infections
reported within 24 hours on Sunday was
111,224
.
252,026 new infections had been reported the day before, compared to 131,792 a week ago.
On Sunday and Monday the absolute numbers are generally lower than on the other days.
The
total number
of registered cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the corona pandemic has increased to
20,256,278
.
According to the RKI,
49 further deaths
related to the corona virus were registered within 24 hours.
The total number of corona deaths recorded in Germany rose to 128,437.
In the most recent weekly report, the RKI reported that the more contagious subtype BA.2 is now responsible for 72 percent of infections.
The increase in cases is therefore due not only to the “easier transferability of the sub-line” but also to the “withdrawal of contact-reducing measures and changed behavior in the population”.
Almost 480 million infections worldwide
The institute called on people to continue to be cautious.
Since the virus has recently spread more strongly among older people, the RKI advised them to get a second booster vaccination.
So far, around 477.44 million people worldwide have been shown to have contracted the corona virus.
This is the result of a Reuters survey based on official data.
Over 6.49 million people died with or from the virus, which was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
The United States has the highest number of infections and deaths.
India and Brazil follow in terms of infections.
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