Corona virus in Germany: seven-day incidence drops to 1457.9

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According to the opinion research institute INSA, the majority of Germans want to continue wearing a mask in the supermarket after the end of the mask requirement

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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports 74,053 new infections within 24 hours.

That's 37,171 fewer cases than Sunday a week ago, when 111,224 positive tests were reported.

Overall, the number of confirmed infections in Germany is more than 21.62 million.

The nationwide seven-day incidence drops to 1457.9 from 1531.5 the previous day.

42 other people died in connection with the virus.

This increases the number of reported deaths to 130,029.

The nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections continues to decline.

As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Sunday morning, the value is now

.

The previous day it was 1531.5, a week ago it was 1723.8.

The value quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days.

Majority wants to continue wearing a mask in the supermarket

As the RKI further reported, citing data from the health authorities, the absolute number of

reported within 24 hours on Sunday was

– after 196,456 the day before and 111,224 new infections a week ago.

The total number of registered cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the corona pandemic has increased to

.

According to the RKI, 42 further deaths related to the corona virus were registered within 24 hours.

The total number of corona deaths recorded in Germany rose to

.

In its weekly report published on Thursday, the RKI stated that the peak of the current corona wave had “probably been reached”.

However, the "infection pressure" and the absolute number of daily corona deaths are still very high.

Next week, the Bundestag wants to decide on a general corona vaccination obligation with a view to new corona infection waves.

In most federal states, numerous everyday requirements to contain the corona pandemic come to an end on Sunday night;

such as the obligation to wear a mask in most federal states.

According to a survey by the opinion research institute INSA, the majority of Germans want to continue wearing a mask when shopping after the end of the mask requirement.

According to a preliminary report by “Bild am Sonntag”, 63 percent of those surveyed are in favor of wearing a mask.

29 percent say they don't want to do this.

Eight percent of the survey participants do not want to commit themselves.

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