Nationwide seven-day incidence has climbed to 362.7 in Germany

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It is again as high values as before Christmas. Robert Koch Institute in Germany reported 36,552 new infections.

The incidence rate of new corona infections in Germany has jumped again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the seven-day incidence at 362.7 on Sunday morning. It has been rising day by day since late December.

The previous day, the figure had been 335.9, and a week ago it was 222.7. The figure quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a seven-day period. The incidence is thus again as high as last before Christmas. According to the RKI, citing data from health authorities, 36,552 new infections were recorded within 24 hours. A week ago, there were 12,515.

In addition, 77 new deaths related to the coronavirus were counted on Sunday. Since the pandemic began, health departments have recorded a total of 7,510,436 cases of infection, according to the latest RKI data. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.

The total number of registered corona deaths in Germany rose to 113,977, and the institute put the number of people recovered from coronavirus illness in Germany at about 6,713,100.

In November, the federal and state governments set the so-called hospitalization incidence as the decisive benchmark for tightening corona measures. This value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are hospitalized within seven days due to a corona infection. According to the most recent RKI report released Friday, the hospitalization incidence nationwide was 3.15.

Luxembourg, Sweden and Israel are now corona high-risk areas
Luxembourg, as well as nearly 40 other countries, have been considered high-risk areas in whole or in part since this Sunday because of high Corona infection rates. The new classifications had announced the Robert Koch Institute on Friday. Anyone who enters from such an area and is not fully vaccinated or recovered must be quarantined for ten days and can be exempted with a negative test five days after entry at the earliest.