The nationwide corona incidence rose again on Monday. Over 18,000 new infections were reported to the RKI, but the numbers are patchy.
The incidence of new corona infections in Germany rose for the fifth day in a row. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the seven-day incidence on Monday morning as 232.4. The day before it was 222.7, and a week ago it was 222.7. The value quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of one week.
As the RKI now announced, citing data from the health authorities, 18,518 new infections and 68 deaths related to the corona virus were recorded within 24 hours. The institute pointed out, however, that fewer people were being tested because of the holidays and that not all health authorities were forwarding data. The actual numbers could therefore be higher.
Lauterbach assumes a significantly higher corona incidence
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) recently said that the realistic incidence is probably two to three times higher than currently recorded by the RKI.
According to the latest information from the institute, the health authorities have recorded a total of 7,207,847 cases of infection since the start of the pandemic. The total number of registered corona deaths in Germany rose to 112,223. The institute put the number of people recovered from illness caused by the coronavirus in Germany at around 6,478,600.
In November, the federal and state governments set the so-called hospitalization incidence as the decisive yardstick for tightening the corona measures. This value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are in hospital within seven days because of a corona infection. According to the latest report last Thursday, the nationwide hospitalization incidence was 3.15.
Source From: Stern
