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In Eschwege, in the Werra-Meissner district, the district and several disaster control organizations are setting up a vaccination center.
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Health officials recorded 487 Covid-19-related deaths in one day. That is a new record since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of new infections has decreased slightly compared to the previous week.
IIn Germany, health authorities informed the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of 487 coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours. This is a new record since the pandemic began, according to RKI figures from Wednesday morning. The previous high was reached on Friday with 426 deaths. A total of 17,270 new coronavirus infections were reported in 24 hours. That’s about 1,400 fewer than the previous week, in which 18,633 new cases were added on Wednesday.
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 rose to 17,123 on Wednesday. The RKI has counted 1,084,743 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic. Around 779,500 people are estimated to have recovered.
According to RKI’s management report on Tuesday, the so-called seven-day R-value was 0.89 (previous day: 0.91). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 89 more people. The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If the value is less than 1 for a long time, the infection rate decreases.
