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The number of recently reported corona infections is slightly less than a week ago, reports the Robert Koch Institute. Another important value is increasing.
As expected, health authorities reported comparatively few cases to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) with 15,741 new corona infections in 24 hours. Compared to a week ago, this is 1206 fewer infections, according to RKI data from Sunday morning. Last Sunday the figure was 16,947. The peak was reached on Friday with 23,648 reported cases.
The numbers are comparatively low on Sundays and Mondays because, according to the RKI, fewer samples are taken on weekends and therefore fewer tests are done overall.
After the number of new infections each day rose sharply in October and early November, the value has been relatively stable recently. However, there has not yet been a significant decrease in new infections, although a partial lockdown has been established in Germany since the beginning of November.
R value keeps increasing
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has counted a total of 918,269 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany (as of November 22, 00:00). The number of deaths related to the virus rose by 138 to a total of 14,022 by Sunday. The RKI estimates that around 603,800 people have recovered.
According to RKI’s situation report on Saturday, the so-called seven-day R was 1.07 (previous day: 1.05). This means that, on average, each person who is infected with SARS-CoV-2 infects approximately one more person. The value represents the onset of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection rate decreases.
