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05.55 am: The number of reported deaths related to the coronavirus has reached a new record. In one day, German health authorities reported 962 new deaths to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), according to RKI figures from Wednesday morning. In addition, 24,740 new infections were reported. Last Wednesday (December 16), there were 27,728 new infections and the previous high of 952 deaths. The highest value with 33,777 reported infections came on Friday, but included 3,500 late reports.
However, the number of new infections is only partially comparable to the previous weeks, as the RKI, among other things, has adjusted the recommendations for corona tests as to who should still be tested.
The number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) reported to health authorities in seven days fell slightly to 195.1 on Wednesday. The day before, a high of 197.6 had been reached. Saxony achieved by far the highest value: there the seven-day incidence is 414.1, more than double the national average. Thuringia follows with a value of 319.6. The lowest value is recorded in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with 96.3.
Recently, the number of deaths tended to increase, which was expected after the sharp increase in new infections. The total number of people who died with or with a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection rose to 27,968 as of Wednesday.
The RKI has counted 1,554,920 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (until December 23, 12 am). Around 1,160,100 people are estimated to have recovered.
According to RKI’s situation report on Tuesday night, the seven-day national R-value was 0.95 (previous day: 0.98). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 95 more people. The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides.
