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Lothar Wieler, Director of the Robert Koch Institute: The number of daily infections remains high.
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The daily number of cases falls again. This is mainly due to methodological reasons: there is less evidence during the weekend. But the number of new infections has also decreased compared to the previous week.
reHealth authorities in Germany reported 10,824 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in 24 hours. That’s about 6,100 cases less than Sunday, according to information from the RKI on Monday morning. The number of cases registered is usually lower on Mondays, in part because fewer tests are performed on weekends. Last Monday, the number of new infections reported was 13,363. The peak was reached last Friday with 23,542 reported cases.
According to the RKI, a total of 801,327 people across Germany have been infected with Sars-CoV-2 since the start of the pandemic. The number of deaths related to the virus rose 62 to a total of 12,547 as of Monday. The RKI estimates that around 515,200 people have recovered.
According to RKI’s situation report on Sunday, the so-called seven-day R was 1.03 (previous day: 1.05). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect about 100 more people. The value represents the onset of infection 8-16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides.
