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reThe number of new corona infections and deaths reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in one day has reached a peak. Health authorities transmitted 29,875 new infections in 24 hours, according to figures from Friday morning. That’s more than 6,000 more than the day before, when a record 23,679 cases was also reached. Furthermore, the RKI reported 598 new deaths on Friday, the second highest in a short time. The highest daily death toll of 590 was reached on Wednesday.
The number of daily deaths has tended to rise recently, which was expected after the sharp increase in new infections. The total number of people who died with or with a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection increased to 20,970.
In total, the RKI has counted 1,272,078 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic. Around 942,100 people are estimated to have recovered.
According to RKI’s management report on Thursday, the national seven-day R-value was 1.03 (previous day: 0.99). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 103 more people. The value has fluctuated around 1 for a few weeks and shows the infection process 8-16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection rate decreases.
Due to the increasing number of cases, many parties are calling for the crown lock to be hardened. The prime ministers of the federal states and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) are expected to discuss this over the weekend.
