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Germany registered a terrifying mark in the corona pandemic: More than a million people have contracted the virus. The RKI again reports a high number of new infections.
The total number of corona infections detected so far in Germany has passed the million mark. Health authorities reported 22,806 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours (through November 27 at 12:00 am). This increased the number of cases that have been known since the start of the pandemic to 1,006,394, as the RKI announced on Friday morning. On Friday a week ago, with 23,648 cases transmitted to the RKI, the highest level of new daily infections was reached.
The number of deaths related to the virus rose 426 through Friday to a total of 15,586. That’s a record since the pandemic began. There were 410 cases on Wednesday, a peak in this area. The RKI estimates that around 696,100 people have recovered.
The R-value also increased slightly again
On Thursday night, data from Johns Hopkins University (USA) in Baltimore had already shown that the million mark for corona infections found in Germany had been surpassed. Researchers’ data is regularly updated and therefore often shows a higher level than official figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) or the countries in question. In some cases, however, the numbers were later corrected.
According to RKI’s management report on Thursday night, the so-called seven-day R-value was 0.90 (previous day: 0.87). This means that 100 infected people infect 90 more people. The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If the value is below 1 for a long time, the infection rate decreases.
