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BRITTA PEDERSEN
The previous record was reached on November 20 with 23,648 reported cases. In the previous week there were 22,046 new cases on Thursday. The death toll rose above the 20,000 mark. The RKI recorded 440 new deaths in one day on Thursday. The day before, a maximum of 590 deaths had been reported.
The trend in the number of daily deaths had recently increased, which was expected after the sharp increase in new infections. The total number of people who died or were related to a proven infection with the Sars-CoV-2 virus increased to 20,372.
In total, the RKI has counted 1,242,203 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (until December 10, 00:00). It is estimated that around 922,100 people have recovered.
According to RKI’s management report on Wednesday night, the seven-day R-value across Germany was 0.99 (previous day: 1.02). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 99 more people. The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection rate decreases.
