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DGerman health authorities reported 12,834 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in one day, 2,254 more than exactly a week ago. That comes from the RKI numbers on Friday. The number of new infections reported in seven days per 100,000 population (seven-day incidence) was also significantly higher on Friday morning at 72.4 than the day before (69.1). The data reflects the state of the RKI dashboard at 5:20 am, subsequent changes or additions are possible.
In addition, 252 additional deaths were recorded in 24 hours. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 10,580 new infections and 264 new deaths in one day. Already on Thursday there was a significant increase in new corona infections compared to the previous week and the seven-day incidence compared to the day before.
The seven-day R-value is again above 1
Four weeks ago, on February 12, the seven-day incidence was 62.2. The number of new infections in Germany dropped significantly for weeks in January and February. More recently, however, it stalled and then rose again, which could also be due to the spread of more contagious variants.
On January 14, the peak of 1,244 recently reported deaths was reached. Among new infections registered within 24 hours, the highest value was reached on December 18 at 33,777, but it contained 3,500 late reports.
The RKI has counted 2,545,781 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected. The RKI stated the number of people who had recovered at around 2,345,600. The total number of people who died with or with a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection increased to 73,062.
According to RKI’s situation report on Thursday night, the national seven-day R-value was 1.04 (the previous day 0.96). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 104 more people. The value represents the onset of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides; if it is consistently higher, the number of cases increases.
