The omicron wave is getting higher and higher: According to the RKI, the number of new corona infections is almost one and a half times as high as a week ago. And the actual number is likely to be significantly higher.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported an increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence and thus a new record. The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday morning as 1156.8. For comparison: the day before the value was 1127.7. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 806.8 (previous month: 207.4). The health authorities in Germany reported 118,970 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is evident from numbers that reflect that of 5:06 a.m. A week ago there were 85,440 infections.
Experts assume that there will be a high and increasing number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data, partly because testing capacities and health authorities are at their limits in many places. In addition, some cities and districts have been reporting problems with the transmission of the number of corona cases for days.
Probably high number of unreported cases of corona infections
According to the new information, 59 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 54 deaths. The RKI has counted 9,737,215 infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 4.72 (Thursday 4.64) according to the RKI. These may also include people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Sunday as 7,564,200. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 117,725.
Source: Stern
