DThe 7-day incidence of new crown infection has risen again.according to Robert Koch Institute (RKI) 80.7 on Saturday morning-80.2 the day before and 72.1 a week ago. German health authorities reported 10,835 new coronavirus infections to RKI in one day.This can be seen from the figures RKI dashboard bracket A week ago from 4:05 in the morning, the value was 10,303 infections.
In all parts of Germany, according to new information, 24 hours death toll record. 22 people died a week ago. Since the beginning of the pandemic, RKI has counted 3,995,188 detected Sars-CoV-2 infections. Since many infections have not been detected, the actual total may be much higher.
Increasing hospitalization rate
To date, the incidence of new infections has been the basis for many corona restrictions in the pandemic, for example as part of the Federal Emergency Brake that expires at the end of June. In the future, more consideration will be given to other values such as the number of admissions.
RKI now gives 1.83 the number of corona patients admitted to the hospital for every 100,000 residents in 7 days (1.74 the day before). Due to large regional differences, no nationwide threshold is provided for the incidence of hospitalization.
The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas. The 7-day morbidity rate is calculated based on the RKI information based on the date reported to the local health department. According to this, the average interval from infection to hospitalization is about ten days, so this value reflects the infection with a significant delay.
RKI stated that the number of people who have recovered is 3,763,600. The number of people who died or was confirmed to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 92,325.
Candidates for union chairman participate in a debate on the company’s vaccination obligations Armin Raschelt The league compromised because it didn’t go far enough. “For operational safety reasons, employers should be allowed to inquire about vaccinations in the workforce-of course, provided that this information is confidential,” the CDU chairman told the Funke Media Group newspaper. “Unfortunately, it is impossible for all companies to do this with SPD.”
After several hours of negotiation, the union and the Social Democratic Party reached an agreement on Thursday night: According to this, employers should be able to obtain information about coronavirus vaccination or recovery from employees in daycare centers, schools, and nursing homes in the future. Coronavirus disease. Raschelt said: “Given the current pandemic, this is absolutely necessary from the point of view of infection protection.”
The corresponding changes in the law will be decided in the Bundestag on Tuesday. The union largely rejected the plan’s right to know. Employers are calling for it to be extended to the entire economy. Federal Minister of Economy Peter Altmeier (CDU) continues to insist on a more comprehensive solution.
