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The nationwide
seven-day incidence
of new corona infections has fallen sharply.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value on Thursday morning as
826.0
.
It was 887.6 the day before and 720.6 a week ago.
The seven-day incidence quantifies the number of new infections registered per 100,000 inhabitants during this period.
As the RKI further announced on Thursday, citing data from the health authorities, the number of
new infections
reported within 24 hours was
130,104
, after 141,661 the day before and 186,325 a week ago.
The total number of recorded cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic has increased to 24,609,159.
According to the RKI,
246 other deaths
related to the corona virus were also registered within 24 hours.
The total number of recorded corona deaths in Germany rose to 135,078.
To date, more than 47,000 violations of mandatory vaccinations in the healthcare sector have been reported to the health authorities in the 20 largest cities in Germany.
This was the result of a survey of the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND) among the cities.
According to this, clinics, retirement and nursing homes and other healthcare facilities reported 47,263 violations to the health authorities.
The health authorities said there were not a single case of fines or bans on entry.
Fines are to be imposed in some cases from May
The cities of Berlin (6541), Munich (5330) and Dresden (4821) have the most reported violations.
In relation to the number of inhabitants, however, Dresden has by far the most unvaccinated health workers.
There are 867 reported cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
There is disagreement between the cities about the deadlines and consequences: in Cologne and Bochum, unvaccinated people only have two weeks to report back to the health department and present proof of immunity, in other cities four weeks.
Some cities do not want to impose fines, but instead directly issue bans on activities and entry, such as Münster.
When asked by RND, the cities of Düsseldorf, Essen and Hamburg also only spoke of a ban on activity or entry and not of a possible fine.
The cities do not want to issue the first fines or bans on entry and activity until mid-May.
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