Summer is here – and Corona doesn’t take a break. In particular, omicron sublines are spreading. The RKI writes how the situation is developing in its Covid 19 weekly report.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), people in Germany should again follow the recommendations for avoiding infection.
The background to this is rising incidences and a forecast increase due to the more widespread use of omicron sublines, according to the RKI’s Covid 19 weekly report on Thursday evening. It also mentions changed developments in hospitals.
The authors note that the burden on capacities in healthcare, especially in the inpatient and intensive care areas, has hardly decreased in the past week. “Based on the increased incidences, an increase in occupancy is currently being forecast.” The number of Covid 19 cases in intensive care units has “increased again compared to the previous weeks”. According to the Divi intensive care register, there were 681 on Thursday. This month the number had dropped to around 610 at times.
Omicron sublineages dominate
According to the RKI, the omicron sublines, which have been increasing proportionally for a few weeks, are already dominant in Germany. “The strong growth of BA.4 and especially BA.5, but also BA.2.12.1, suggests that these variants already make up the majority of the evidence,” says the report. The RKI relies on evaluations of virus variants.
This data in the report always refers to the week before last: BA.5 made up around 24 percent of the positive samples in a random sample at the time, which again corresponds to around a doubling of the value from the previous week. BA.4 and BA.2.12.1 were both around four percent.
In the development of the seven-day incidence, the RKI speaks of a significant increase of around one third for the past week compared to the previous week. All age groups are affected. More outbreaks in old people’s and nursing homes and in medical treatment facilities have also been recorded again. “With the further increase in the number of infections, a renewed increase in infection pressure on vulnerable groups of people is to be expected.” An RKI map showing the development of the infection process shows many districts with an increased number of cases, especially in north-west Germany.
In particular, risk groups and people over the age of 70 advise the RKI to have a second booster vaccination in accordance with the recommendation of the Standing Vaccination Committee (Stiko). So far, almost every fifth person in the group of people over 60 has received a second booster (19 percent). Based on the total population, 6.4 percent have a second refresher course, and almost 60 percent have the first one.
Source: Stern
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