[ad_1]
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports 12,196 new corona infections and 68 new deaths in one day. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 17,176 new infections and 90 new deaths in one day. The RKI notes that fewer tests are generally conducted and reported around the Easter holidays. Furthermore, it may be that not all responsible health authorities and state authorities transmit to the RKI every day. The number of new infections reported in seven days per 100,000 inhabitants nationwide is 127.0. The day before, the RKI had given this incidence of seven days as 131.4, three weeks ago as 79.1.
+++ 04:27 Söder speaks in favor of a short and hard block +++
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder is in favor of a short and strict lockdown. “We should consider whether another short but constant blockade would not be the best way than a never-ending half-crown concept that has not really reduced the number of new infections,” he tells “Bild am Sonntag,” according to a preliminary report. . “It is better to be short and consistent than long back and forth.”
+++ 03:17 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern again refers dozens of drivers in the state +++
The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Police are constantly pursuing violations of the tourism ban during the corona pandemic. In the event of increased traffic controls in Neubrandenburg (Mecklenburg Lake District), the occupants of 91 vehicles were ejected from the state on Saturday, according to police. Consequently, 193 people were asked to leave the state again because they could not provide a valid reason for their stay. The police searched a total of 790 vehicles. The biggest controls take place during the Easter holidays.
+++ 02:03 Seehofer is promoting uniform rules by federal law +++
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is promoting uniform crown rules nationwide by federal law. “There is a great yearning in the population for uniform rules. My suggestion, therefore, is to establish the uniform rules through federal law,” says the CSU politician from “Welt am Sonntag.” “This law should dictate exactly what steps should be taken with the respective incidence values, from tightening to easing.” In Seehofer’s words, such a law could be passed in a very short time.
+++ 00:53 Spahn: More freedom for vaccinated people when traveling and shopping +++
Those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can, according to Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn, regain certain freedoms in the coming weeks. “Anyone who is vaccinated can go to the store or hairdresser without further testing. Also, according to the RKI, those who are fully vaccinated no longer have to be quarantined,” says the CDU politician from “Bild am Sonntag”. According to the report, the basis is an evaluation of the latest scientific findings from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
+++ 23:36 The number of intensive care patients in France is increasing more slowly +++
The number of corona patients in French intensive care units is increasing more slowly. Authorities report an increase from 19 cases to 5,273 after an increase of 145 the day before.
+++ 22:29 Maas condemns rule violations and violence against journalists at Stuttgart demonstrations +++
Chancellor Heiko Maas criticizes the events of the lateral thinker demonstration in Stuttgart. Everyone has the right to demonstrate, he writes on Twitter. “But if thousands are on the move with # s0304 without a mask or distance, that violates all the rules and especially against all common sense.” The insults and attacks on journalists have nothing to do with freedom of demonstration: “They are attacks on freedom of the press.”
+++ 10:14 pm Pope at the Easter fair: do not lose hope in times of Corona +++
On the Easter vigil on Holy Saturday, Pope Francis asked the faithful not to lose hope in the prolonged crisis in the Crown. “In these dark months of the pandemic we listen to the risen Lord, who invites us to start over and never lose hope,” said the 84-year-old head of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Basilica. An Easter message is that it is always possible to start over. God also created something new out of the chaos of human history. About 200 believers and clergy celebrated the service. As a precaution against coronavirus infection, only a limited number of people were allowed.
+++ 22:00 Thuringia again has the highest number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants +++
Most of the active cases per 100,000 inhabitants still exist in Thuringia, followed by Saxony and Hamburg, which have an incidence value of more than 400.
+++ 21:30 Current data status in Germany: 16,147 new cases reported +++
The number of reported coronavirus infections in Germany has risen to 2,878,890. As can be seen from the information from the state authorities evaluated by ntv.de, 16,147 new cases were added. Saturday last week was 17,931, but Saturday was also not followed by a public holiday. The number of infection-related deaths increased from 97 to 76,958. Around 242,977 people are currently infected.
The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 1.01 (previous day: 0.94). This means that an average of 100 infected people infect another 101 people with Sars-CoV-2. The 7-day R-value is currently 1.02 (previous day: 1.03). According to the Divi Register, 3,918 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Germany, 2,171 of whom are ventilated. Around 4776 intensive care beds are still available in German clinics.
You can read more about the most important corona data here.
+++ 20:52 Association complains of attacks on journalists in demonstration of “lateral thinkers” +++
According to the German Association of Journalists, several journalists were attacked at the demonstration in Stuttgart against the crown policy. The SWR, for example, reported online that an ARD television crew had been harassed in Cannstatter Wasen and had interrupted a live call to broadcaster Tagesschau24. A police spokeswoman said late at night that officials were still investigating what attacks had taken place against media representatives.
+++ 20:26 incendiary devices damage the vaccination center in Brescia, northern Italy +++
In the northern Italian city of Brescia, two incendiary devices damaged a corona vaccination center. As reported by the “Corriere della Sera” newspaper, there were no injuries in the attack, and the extent of the damage was unknown at first. The vaccinations must continue according to the sheet. The two Molotov cocktails exploded on the wall of a tent, among other things. There was a large burn mark on the photos. According to media reports, the police saw the images from the surrounding surveillance cameras. Initially, no one had confessed the fact. The president of the Lombardy region, in which Brescia is located, commented on Facebook and spoke of a “vile attack”.
+++ 8:04 pm Bangladesh will be on seven-day lockdown on Monday +++
In view of the significantly increasing number of infections, the Bangladeshi government has decided on a seven-day national lockdown. Emergency services, mills and factories are excluded from the closure, which will take effect on Monday, provided they adhere to corona pandemic-related precautions, said Farhad Hossain, the state’s minister of public administration. On Friday, the South Asian country recorded 6,830 cases, the largest increase in infections in a day since the first case there in March 2020. In the days before, there had been more than 5,000 new infections every day. On Thursday, the government imposed a two-week travel ban on air travelers from Europe and 12 other countries.
+++ 19:36 Laschet on crown policy: management must improve +++
The head of the CDU and Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, called in an Easter message to improve the fight against the corona pandemic “in a new attempt” across party lines and in all levels. Citizens expected politicians “to do our best to get our country out of the crisis and to end it soon,” Laschet said in his message to the citizens of North Rhine-Westphalia. This is why “engagement across party lines” is so important. “Federal, state and local authorities, we have to do it together,” Laschet added. He admitted mistakes in the previous fight against Corona: “Management has to improve. Our decision-making paths are clearer.”
+++ 19:14 Five million Britons fully vaccinated +++
Currently, five million people in the UK are vaccinated. Health Minister Matt Hancock announces that half of those over 80 are among them. Approximately 66.7 million people live in the kingdom. Today there are ten new deaths there, the lowest since the beginning of September. The number of new infections remains practically the same as the day before. In Great Britain there has so far not been a third wave of the same magnitude as in other large European countries. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal the details of further easing planned on Monday.
+++ 18:46 Again a new record: Turkey reports 44,756 new infections +++
Turkey reports a new record in the number of new infections. The Health Ministry announced that there were 44,756 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest value since the start of the pandemic after the previous record of 42,308 the day before.
You can read the previous developments here.
