Sudden increase: 590 corona deaths in 24 hours
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More posts by Christiane Fux All content is checked by medical journalists.In Germany, almost 600 people died of or with Covid-19 within 24 hours - despite the tightened measures at the beginning of November. That is the highest value since the beginning of the pandemic.
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported within 24 hours has skyrocketed to a new high. The German health authorities reported 590 new deaths within one day to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), according to the RKI figures from Wednesday morning.
That is over 100 cases more than the previous record of 487 deaths last Wednesday.
Record also for new infections
The number of infected people is also increasing again. A total of 20,815 new infections with the coronavirus were reported within 24 hours. On Wednesday in the previous week the value was 17,270. The highest daily value so far was on November 20 with 23,648 cases.
The number of daily deaths had tended to rise recently, which was expected after the steep increase in new infections. The total number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 19,932 as of Wednesday.
Almost 150 new infections in 24 hours
For the whole of Germany, the RKI also gave a new high of 149.1 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days. At the beginning of the partial lockdown in November, there were around 120. The federal and state governments want to achieve that there are fewer than 50 - so health authorities could track infection chains again.
The RKI has counted 1,218,524 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (as of December 9th, 00.00 a.m.). It is estimated that around 902 100 people have now recovered.
Stricter measures also at Christmas?
In view of the increasing numbers, more and more federal states are deciding to further tighten the measures to contain the pandemic. The planned easing around Christmas is also up for discussion again.
(cf / dpa)
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