The strictness of the corona measures and the classification as a risk area are safeguarded with a kind of “seismograph”: If the number of new infections increases too sharply in the region, countermeasures are taken. See what the situation is like on your doorstep.
This article is continuously updated, you can see the current status of the data in the graphics.
Introduction and sources
Last year the federal and state governments set up a kind of pandemic warning system, the seven-day incidence. The idea: If the number of new infections in a district increases too much within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants, stricter protective measures will be put into effect again or loosening will be withdrawn.
The so-called Corona emergency brake, which was decided in the first half of the year, has no longer been in force since July 1, 2021, but in June the Bundestag determined that an epidemic situation of national scope would continue for at least another three months.
The situation gives the federal government special powers under the Infection Protection Act (IfSG), for example to issue statutory ordinances and orders.
However, it has long been questioned whether, in view of the increasing vaccination rate, the incidence will continue to be used as the sole indicator, or whether other key figures, such as the number of corona-related hospital stays, will be taken more into account.
In the graphics below you can see the situation in your district or your city – updated daily – as well as the development of the nationwide value. The data come from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and from the Risklayer project at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, which supplements RKI data with its own calculations and other sources. As a rule, the values are higher than those of the RKI.
So far, however, the RKI data counts for taking measures: The RKI publishes the number of cases that were transmitted to it by the health authorities up to the respective day at midnight. The presentation of the newly transmitted cases per day is based on the reporting date. That is the date “on which the local health department became aware of the case and recorded it electronically,” says the RKI website. Regional officials may communicate directly with the health authorities and may have the numbers available to the RKI.
The incidence is developing nationwide
Map I: Infection rate in German districts and cities according to RKI (official)
Map II: Infection rate in German districts and cities according to Risklayer
Ranking: counties and cities with the highest rate
The view below shows the districts and cities with the most confirmed corona cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days in descending order.
You can scroll down the view and click on the bars for more details:
See also: R-value, infected people, incidence: the most important corona data at a glance
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