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A value higher than that now reported was last reached in the first week of April. The number of new corona virus infections in Germany has soared to more than 4,000 in one day.
Health authorities reported 4,058 new corona infections in the previous 24 hours, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced Thursday. That’s more than 1,200 more than Wednesday, when 2,828 new infections were reported, a new record since April.
According to the RKI, at least 310,144 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus since the start of the corona crisis (data as of October 8 at 12:00 am). According to the RKI, the number of deaths related to a corona infection is 9578. That is 16 more than the day before. About 269,600 people survived the infection according to RKI estimates. The positive test rate increased dramatically to 1.64 percent in the 40th calendar week (9/28 – 10/2). The week before it was 1.22 percent and before that 1.16 percent.
In response to the growing number of cases, most federal states decided Wednesday that tourists from Germany from risk areas can only be accommodated if they can show a negative corona test that is no more than 48 hours old. This should work for travelers from areas with more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
The list of countries of travel is getting shorter
However, five countries made different statements about the decision. Thuringia made it clear that it doesn’t want to endorse a lodging ban – at least Berlin doesn’t want to get on board right away. Lower Saxony and Bremen want to check it out. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania wants to adhere to even stricter quarantine rules.
Citizens of places with a very high number of corona infections should be prepared for considerable difficulties when traveling on holiday within Germany. But traveling abroad is not easy.
After updating the list of corona risk areas, the bottom line is that there are only a few countries left for which travel is neither warned nor discouraged. These include the popular vacation countries Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta.
