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rel number of new corona infections reported in Germany has with 18,681 The cases reached a new record in one day. This arises from the information of the Robert Koch Institute of the dawn of Friday. The previous record the day before was 16,774 cases. On Friday a week ago, the health authorities informed the RKI of 11,242 new infections.
The current values are only partially comparable to those of the spring, as many more tests are now underway and more infections are discovered as a result. The number of corona infections registered per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days exceeded 100 for the first time in the entire country. The seven-day incidence is 104.9. The day before it was 99.0 nationwide, four weeks ago (October 2) it was 15.3. A high incidence of 7 days indicates that many people have contracted the virus.
Overall, according to the RKI, since the pandemic began across the country 499,694 People infected with Sars-CoV-2 (as of October 30, midnight). The number of deaths related to the virus rose 77 through Thursday to a total of 10,349. The RKI estimates that around 345,700 people have recovered.
The reproduction number, in short R value, was listed in Germany according to RKI’s situation report on Thursday 0.97 (Previous day: 1.03). This means that one infected person infects another. The R value represents the infection rate approximately one and a half weeks earlier.
In addition, the RKI gives an assumption in its management report R. seven days to. The value refers to a longer period of time and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations. According to RKI estimates, this value was 1.17 on Thursday. It shows the infection process for eight to 16 days.
Altmaier: “Probably 20,000 new infections a day by the end of this week”
Federal Minister of Economy Peter Altmaier (CDU) counts towards the end of the week 20,000 new corona infections in Germany. Altmaier said on Tuesday on a Franco-German business day: “We are dealing with exponential growth.” In Germany, the number of new infections is increasing by around 70, 75 percent every day compared to the previous week. “And that means: we will probably have 20,000 new infections a day by the end of this week,” Altmaier said.
This is a number that one could not even have imagined three weeks ago. The Economy Minister also referred to the high number of new corona infections in France and highlighted the close cooperation with France.
Crown in Europe
Italy reports a record number of new positive tests. The Ministry of Health announced that 26,831 had been registered in the last 24 hours. The number of new deaths is also higher than 205 on Wednesday at 217. In Italy a total of 616,595 infections and 38,122 deaths are known.
Also in Spain became the highest daily value since the start of the pandemic at 23,580. In addition, 173 more deaths are recorded. In all, there are just under 1.2 million known infections and 35,466 deaths.
Aggravated after a record rise in new infections Bulgaria measures. Starting Thursday, nightclubs will have to close, schools and universities will only teach online for two weeks. Spectators are not allowed at public sporting events until mid-November. In restaurants, a maximum of six people can sit at a table. The Balkan country of some seven million inhabitants previously announced 2,243 new infections.
France reports 47,636 new positive tests after 36,437 on Wednesday. The number of recently recorded deaths, on the other hand, falls to 235 from 244. This means that a total of almost 1.3 million infections and 36,020 deaths are known.
Belgium is the highest country in the European Union (EU) Covid-19 infection rate become. According to data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the country of around 11 million citizens had 1,390 new Covid 19 infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last two weeks.
Second is Czech Republic with 1,379 infections per 100,000 inhabitants. The number of daily positive tests in Belgium rose to a record of more than 18,000 on October 20. The Belgian government wants to meet on Friday to decide on a possible new national blockade.
In Sweden health authorities report 1870 new cases of corona. That is the highest number since the pandemic began. The previous maximum value was 1698 new positive tests in 24 hours and dates from the end of June. According to the authorities, the peak values in spring are likely to have been much higher because they were not recorded due to a lack of adequate testing.
After the increase in the number of corona cases, the health authority has asked people in the south of the country to give their severely restrict social contacts. For three weeks, residents of the southern region of Skåne with the capital Malmö should not meet with people outside their home and avoid public transport, as announced by the authority on Tuesday. A similar measure has been in place for the Uppsala region near Stockholm since last week.
Corona around the world
All over the world has been shown to have more than 45 millions People infected with the coronavirus. The number of deaths related to the virus rises to around 1.18 million. Since the first known cases in China in December, the virus has spread to more than 210 countries and territories. Most infections record that United States, India, Brazil, Russia and France.
A few days before the presidential elections in the United States is in country one Record number of new infections has been registered with the coronavirus. As announced by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Thursday (local time), they were within 24 hours 91,295 new cases of infection detected. This was the first time that the threshold of 90,000 new infections in one day was broken.
More recently, the new virus has spread particularly in the North and Midwest of the United States. The total number of reported infection cases in the United States has now risen to 8.94 million, according to the university. In absolute terms, the United States is the country most affected in the world by the pandemic.
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