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reThe number of new coronavirus infections has reached a peak in Germany. Health authorities reported 23,679 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in 24 hours, according to figures from Thursday morning. The previous record was reached on November 20 with 23,648 reported cases. In the previous week there were 22,046 new cases on Thursday.
The death toll surpassed the 20,000 mark. The RKI recorded 440 new deaths in one day on Thursday. The day before, a maximum of 590 deaths had been reported.
R-value drops only slightly
The number of daily deaths has tended to rise recently, 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 increased to 20,372.
In total, the RKI has counted 1,242,203 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (until December 10, 00:00). Around 922,100 people are estimated to have recovered.
The seven-day R-value nationwide was 0.99 based on RKI’s status report on Wednesday night (previous day: 1.02). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 99 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 rate decreases.
