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According to the Robert Koch Institute, the number of new corona infections is at the same level as a week ago. The institute also reports the fourth highest number of deaths.
German health authorities reported 13,604 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. In the previous week, there were a similar number of cases, 13,554, as RKI’s figures from Tuesday morning show.
The previous high was reached on Friday a week ago (November 20) with 23,648 reported cases. Additionally, 388 new deaths were reported in one day. This is the fourth highest value since the beginning of the pandemic.
R value slowly decreases
The trend in the number of daily deaths had recently increased, which was also expected after the sharp increase in new infections. The previous high of 410 deaths was reached last Wednesday. The total number of people who died with or with a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection rose to 16,636 on Tuesday.
The RKI has counted 1,067,473 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (until December 1 at 00:00 am). Around 758,800 people are estimated to have recovered.
According to RKI’s management report on Monday, the so-called seven-day R-value was 0.91 (previous day: 0.95). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 91 more people. The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If the value is less than 1 for a longer period of time, the infection rate decreases.
