A generationIn Germany, vaccination fatigue has become more and more common during the new crown pandemic. According to the latest weekly report, compared with the previous week (59%), the proportion of German citizens who are fully immunized is approximately 61% Robert Koch Institute From Thursday night. From the end of July to the end of August, the vaccination rate increased by only about 10%.
Overall, at the end of midsummer, it was not close to the ideal value of RKI thought in July. According to the model designed at the time, at least 85% of people aged 12 to 59 and 90% of seniors aged 60 and above must be fully vaccinated, so it is unlikely that there will be a significant fourth wave of intensive care units in the fall and winter.
RKI writes that the fourth wave is accelerating, especially due to infections among young people, and it is increasingly spreading to the elderly. More than 1,000 people are being diagnosed with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit, and the data is as of September 1, 2021. Hospitalized cases are particularly common in the 35 to 59 age group.
For Charité virologists Christian Drosten The current vaccination rate is not enough. “With this quota, we cannot enter the fall,” he told Deutschlandfunk on Thursday. However, generally speaking, you can vaccinate yourself to get rid of a pandemic. In its report, RKI also warned of accepting vaccination proposals. The agency also mentioned the effective protection of all available vaccines in Germany.
There are regional gaps Vaccination quota In Germany, far away. According to the report, the number of people who were fully vaccinated in early September ranged from 52% in Saxony to 71% in Bremen.
Incidence rate increased to 80.2 within 7 days
At the same time, the 7-day incidence of new infections identified every day has risen again. According to the RKI on Friday morning, the value is 80.2-the value of the previous day was 76.9, and the value of the previous day was 70.3. German health authorities reported 14,251 new coronavirus infections to RKI in one day. A week ago, the value was 12,029 infections.
According to new information, Germany recorded 45 deaths within 24 hours. 14 people died a week ago. Since the beginning of the pandemic, RKI has counted 3,984,353 detected Sars-CoV-2 infections. Since many infections have not been detected, the actual total may be much higher.
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.
The 7-day hospitalization rate indicates how many Covid 19 patients per 100,000 residents were reported hospitalized in 7 days. On Thursday, RKI gave a value of 1.74 in the management report (1.81 the day before). Due to the large regional differences, there is no nationwide threshold for the incidence of hospitalization, from when the situation can be viewed critically.
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 the incidence of hospitalization reflects a significant delay in infection.
RKI said the number of people who recovered on Wednesday morning was 3,757,600. The number of people who died or was confirmed to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 92,301.
