DThe 7-day morbidity rate rose again across the country.That Robert Koch Institute (RKI) stated that the number of new infections per 100,000 residents and weekly on Friday morning was 340.7. Comparison: 336.9 the day before, 263.7 a week ago, and 75.1 the previous month. German health authorities reported 52,970 new coronavirus infections to RKI in one day. This can be clearly seen from the numbers reflecting the status of the RKI dashboard at 3:48 AM. Just a week ago, there were 48,640 infections.
According to new information, Germany recorded 201 deaths within 24 hours. 191 people died a week ago. Since the beginning of the pandemic, RKI has detected 5,248,291 detected Sars-CoV-2 infections. The actual total may be much higher because many infections are not recognized.
Increasing hospitalization rate
RKI on Thursday at 5.30 (Wednesday: 5.15) gave the number of corona patients admitted per 100,000 residents in 7 days-this is the most important parameter that may tighten the corona limit. For this indicator, it must be taken into account that sometimes the number of admissions is delayed. Because of the large regional differences, there is no national threshold for the incidence of hospitalization, from when the situation can be viewed critically.The previous maximum was approximately At christmas time The previous year was about 15.5.
RKI stated that the number of people who have recovered is 4,588,200. The number of people who died or was confirmed to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 98,739.
People who are vaccinated should also limit themselves
In view of this, RKI calls on people who have been vaccinated and those who have not been vaccinated to reduce all unnecessary contact.Especially before the necessary meeting, especially from Corona RKI recommends that people who are endangered be tested, regardless of their vaccination status. This comes from the Institute’s weekly report on Thursday.
It also recommends “emergency cancellation or avoidance of large events and close contact situations, such as dance events and clubs.”
RKI continues to rate the current development as “very worrying.” What is worrying is that the existing intensive care treatment capacity will be exceeded. “This also applies to intensive care treatment capabilities for serious diseases caused by other reasons.”
The risk for people who have not been vaccinated is “very high”
If there is a runny nose, sore throat or cough and other respiratory diseases, it is still “strongly recommended” everyone stay at home, but also contact the family doctor and perform a PCR test there.
The RKI assesses the health risks of people who have not received the vaccine or received only one vaccine as “generally very high”. For those who are fully vaccinated, it is considered “moderate, but it has increased due to the increase in the number of infections.”
In all age groups, the number of infections per 100,000 population within 7 days has again increased significantly. In the past week, the number of children between the ages of 10 and 14 was the highest, with 718 new infections reported. It was 416 a week ago. This is followed by 625 children aged 5 to 9 (350 in the previous week) and 467 children aged 15 to 19 (305 in the previous week). Exams are especially frequent in schools.
Vaccination protection decreased significantly
In all age groups, unvaccinated people are several times more likely to be hospitalized due to Covid-19 than vaccinated people, as shown in the RKI chart. However, the estimated effect of vaccination will decrease as the time after injection increases. In the past 4 weeks, the 18-59 year-old age group has an effective rate of about 70% for symptomatic Covid disease, while the effective rate is about 67% for people 60 years and older who are vaccinated first. In order to go to the clinic, intensive care unit or even death, the efficiency is much higher.
The institute assumes that there is a considerable delay in reporting the number of admissions, and estimates that the actual number is significantly higher than the number reported for each case. Nevertheless, the daily published number of hospitalizations per 100,000 people per week is important, and it is 5.3 on Thursdays.
The number of children aged 0 to 14 suffering from other respiratory diseases has increased significantly compared with the previous week, and at the same time significantly higher than in previous quarters. Doctors believe that due to the closure of daycare centers in the past winter and spring and other coronavirus measures, many children have not been exposed to certain pathogens, so the immune system is not prepared for them.
