DThe 7-day incidence of new crown infections nationwide has risen again, and is currently 21.2. As the Robert Koch Institute announced on Saturday morning, citing information from health authorities, 3206 new infections and 24 other coronavirus-related deaths were recorded within 24 hours. A week ago, the incidence was 16.9.
The 7-day incidence rate gives New infection Every 100,000 residents in a week. The value in Germany has risen for several consecutive weeks. This Friday, it broke through the 20 mark for the first time since spring. The highest incidence is currently in Schleswig-Holstein at 38.4, Berlin at 36.6, and Saar at 32.5. . Currently, Saxony (6.7), Thuringia (7.0) and Saxony-Anhalt (7.5) have the lowest incidence rates.
According to RKI, the vaccination campaign prevented tens of thousands of deaths
The principal hopes that next Tuesday Angela Merkel (CDU) Advising the heads of federal state governments on the new crown epidemic.
According to the latest information from RKI, the total number of coronavirus infections recorded in Germany has risen to 3,787,639 since the beginning of the pandemic.Total number of deaths related to the disease coronavirus Rose to 91,778. RKI stated that the number of people recovering from coronavirus infection is approximately 3,664,100.
According to RKI’s model calculations, German vaccination campaigns cost thousands death toll Hinder. “The data we provide here prove that in the first 6.5 months of the German vaccination campaign in 2021, Covid-19 vaccination has achieved significant benefits,” the author of the analysis published on Friday wrote. This indicates that during the third corona wave, an estimated 38,300 people died. The number of reported cases prevented has exceeded 706,000, the number of hospitalized patients has exceeded 76,600, and the number of patients in the intensive care unit is less than 20,000.
RKI writes: “The effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign is impressive and shows that vaccination has paved the way for getting rid of the pandemic.” Germany is currently at the beginning of the fourth wave. In order to reduce their degree as much as possible, the proportion of the vaccinated population needs to be increased as soon as possible.
For analysis, the experts simulated a scenario with and without a vaccination campaign. Therefore, the actual reported cases are different from the cases calculated by the model, it said. RKI also pointed out that various parameters and assumptions contain certain uncertainties. For example, it is about the impact of prioritization. It is also assumed that all available vaccines will be used immediately. “In addition, assuming there is no vaccination campaign, no further measures will be taken apart from the existing non-pharmaceutical measures,” RKI restricted.
