DThe national 7-day incidence rate rose to a record high again.That Robert Koch Institute (RKI) stated that the number of new infections per 100,000 residents and weekly on Saturday morning was 277.4. Comparison: The value of the previous day was 263.7, and the value of one week ago was 183.7 (last month: 65.4).
German health authorities reported 45,081 new coronavirus infections to RKI in one day. As can be seen from the figures, RKI dashboard bracket The number of people on Thursday from 4:21 a.m. New infection It reached 50,196, which is a record since the beginning of the pandemic. Just a week ago, the value was 34,002 infections. Compared with the previous week, the number of cases has increased by 33%.
According to new information, Germany recorded 228 deaths within 24 hours. 142 people died a week ago. Since the beginning of the pandemic, RKI has counted 4,987,971 detected Sars-CoV-2 infections. Since many infections have not been detected, the actual total may be much higher.
The number of corona patients admitted to the hospital per 100,000 residents per 100,000 residents given by the RKI on Friday is the most important parameter that may tighten the corona limit, and it was 4.70 on Friday (Thursday: 4.65). For this indicator, it must be taken into account that sometimes the reporting of admissions is delayed. Because of the large regional differences, there is no national threshold for when the hospitalization rate can be viewed critically. The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas.
RKI states that the number of people who have recovered is 4,466,000. The number of people who died or was confirmed to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 97,617.
