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reGerman health authorities reported 9,847 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in one day. In addition, 302 new deaths were recorded in 24 hours, the RKI announced this Monday morning. German health authorities reported 10,315 new corona infections in one day and 312 new deaths on Sunday. An interpretation of the data remains difficult because around Christmas and the turn of the year corona cases were discovered, recorded and transmitted late, according to the RKI.
On Wednesday (December 30) the maximum of 1,129 new deaths was reached. Among new infections recorded within 24 hours, the highest value was reported on December 18, at 33,777, but this included 3,500 late reports.
Great differences between federal states
The number of new infections reported to health authorities in seven days per 100,000 population (seven-day incidence) was 139.4 on Monday morning. Its previous high was reached on December 22 at 197.6. However, the differences between federal states are huge: Saxony had the highest incidences on Monday with 323.0 and Thuringia with 251.4. Schleswig-Holstein had the lowest value with 78.2.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has counted 1,775,513 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany. The total number of people who died from or with a known infection rose to 34,574. The RKI stated that the number of people recovered was around 1,401,200.
According to the RKI report on Sunday, the seven-day R-value nationwide was 0.91 (Saturday: 0.95). This means that 100 infected people infect 91 more people. The value represents the onset of infection 8-16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides. The RKI emphasizes, however, that the R value may be underestimated due to lags.
