DThe national 7-day morbidity rate has risen again.That Robert Koch Institute (RKI) stated that the number of new infections per 100,000 residents and weekly on Monday morning was 303.0. Comparison: 289.0 the previous day, 201.1 a week ago, and 68.7 the previous month. German health authorities reported 23,607 new coronavirus infections to RKI in one day. This is evident from the numbers reflecting the status of the RKI dashboard at 3:52 AM. Last Thursday, the number of new infections reached 50,196, a record since the beginning of the pandemic. Just a week ago, the value was 15,513 infections.
According to new information, Germany recorded 43 deaths within 24 hours. 33 people died a week ago. RKI is calculated from the beginning Pandemic Sars-CoV-2 infection was detected in 5,045,076 people. 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). This value will not be released on weekends. For this indicator, it must be taken into account that sometimes the reporting of admissions is delayed. Due to large regional differences, no nationwide threshold is provided for the incidence of hospitalization. The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas.
RKI stated that the number of people who have recovered is 4,494,300. The number of people who died or was confirmed to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 97,715.
Politics reserves the right to take stricter measures
Possible alliance partners Social Democratic Party, The Green Party and the FDP have agreed to substantially tighten the planned amendments to the Infection Protection Act. Given the sharp increase in the number of coronavirus infections, it should now also be possible to order restrictions on contact, as can be seen in the agreement between representatives of the three parliamentary groups provided by the German News Agency. Obviously, this is about people who have not been vaccinated. In addition, people who have not been vaccinated should no longer be allowed to ride buses and trains if they test negative—regardless of the mask requirements that continue to apply.
Countries should take action
If there is no previous plan to tighten, after the national epidemic’s legal location expires on November 25, there will be no more contact restrictions. The three parties forming the coalition are insisting on their plan to end this special status. However, through resolutions of their respective state legislatures, the federal states should be able to retain certain individual measures, such as restricting leisure activities. But the exit ban is not one of them.
The Bundestag has amended the Infection Protection Act. The expert hearing is part of the legislative process and is scheduled to be held this Monday. Parliament is scheduled to vote on Thursday.
Lauterbach expects hospitals to be overburdened
SPD Health Expert Karlauterbach The clinic is expected to be fully overloaded in early December. Lauterbach told the Fink Media Group newspaper: “According to our current number of cases, the clinic will exceed the national capacity limit in the first two weeks of December.” Now it is almost inevitable. In order to prevent the maximum load from causing a total collapse, drastic measures are now required. “People who have not been vaccinated can only enter their workplaces, grocery stores, pharmacies and pharmacies.” This is the only way to re-control infections.
