DGerman health authorities have Robert Koch Institute Since the beginning of the pandemic, more new coronavirus infections have been reported than ever before. According to data from RKI on Wednesday morning, they transmitted 39,676 new cases in one day. The high point last Friday was 37,120 (previous week: 20,398).
According to RKI, the national 7-day incidence rate is 232.1. Therefore, it has reached its peak for the third consecutive day. Last Monday (201.1) and Tuesday (213.7) there were daily incidence records reported by RKI. The value was 146.6 a week ago and 66.1 a month ago.
The death toll has increased by 20% from a week ago
According to new information, Germany recorded 236 deaths within 24 hours. 194 people died a week ago.The number of people who have been infected or have been infected SARS-CoV-2 The death toll rose to 96,963. Since the beginning of the pandemic, RKI has detected 4,844,054 detected Sars-CoV-2 infections. Since many infections have not been detected, the actual total may be much higher. RKI stated that the number of people who have recovered is 4,415,900.
RKI on Tuesday gave the number of corona patients admitted per 100,000 residents per 100,000 residents, which is the most important parameter that may tighten the corona limit, and it was 4.31 on Tuesday (Monday: 3.93). 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.
In view of the increasing number, the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrick Wooster (CDU) once again called for a quick federal state meeting to discuss the formulation of 2G regulations nationwide. “I think we should reach a consensus across Germany. We will not end up with a piece of quilt again. 2G seems to be an effective means. We have to discuss this issue,” the current chairman of the Conference of Chancellors said on Deutschlandfunk on Wednesday. “If necessary, we can also act alone, but my expectation is a common strategy adopted with the federal government”, Wüst continued.
In view of the apparently different promises made by politicians, Wüst continues to be skeptical of mandatory vaccination: “Politicians have their say, and I am very, very careful to conduct it under increasing pressure 19 months after the pandemic. Governance, especially if you break the word. “It is important that people comply with corona measures. “I’m not sure if we break our promise, if you are obligated, the coercive measures you have to implement, whether this is still the case.”
OP will have to postpone
Intensive care doctor Christian Karagiannidis believes that due to the deterioration of the situation, the hospital will again restrict routine surgery. “We can barely get around it,” the scientific director of the Intensive Care Registry of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) said on the ARD “Tagesthemen” on Tuesday night. He specifically mentioned the severely affected federal states such as Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia.
Restricting conventional surgery means “we really postponed operations that could be postponed because they were not life-threatening, or because they were not tumors, and redeployed staff in the hospital,” Karagiannidis said. Since Tuesday, Charité-Universitätsmedizin in Berlin has been canceling all planned interventions in order to deploy more staff in Covid-19 wards.
Karagiannidis explained that currently about 10% of intensive care beds in Germany are still free.This is relatively rare, because one ICU On average, there are 12 hospital beds—usually only one single bed is available for “all emergencies, not just Covid”. “When the free beds in our area are below 5%, we can no longer take action in the clinic in principle. In the next few weeks, this will surpass us relatively quickly, most importantly a few months, At least in the hotspots we now have-Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia.”
In order to curb the current increase in the number of cases, Karagianidis called for “2-G and 3-G in the workplace.” Seen in the European region, this has an impact on the first vaccination rate. He also expressed his support for enhanced vaccination, initially targeting the elderly and later also targeting the young.
Virologist Christian Drosten predicts that “winter will be stressful.” Also considered new contact restrictionsIn view of the situation in the intensive care unit in the NDR podcast “Coronavirus Update”, the head of virology in Charité in Berlin said: “We are now facing a real emergency.” “We have to do something now.” More Strengthening vaccination is very important.
Klingbeil: More control over food
The appointed SPD boss Lars Klingbeil is for more corona control, especially in the catering industry. “Yes, I am in favor of strengthening regulations, especially in the catering industry. It must be clear: Any operator who does not insist on checking 3-G or 2-G certificates must feel the consequences. If the catering industry does not comply with existing rules, it will take care of itself. It’s a shame,” Klimbert of the Rhine Post said.
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