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The number of new infections in Germany rose to 4,058 in 24 hours, more than 1,200 more than on Wednesday. “We may see more than 10,000 new cases a day,” says Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute.
The number of new corona virus infections has skyrocketed in Germany. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 4,058 new coronavirus cases within 24 hours on Thursday. That’s more than 1,200 more than on Wednesday. A new high was reported since April at 2828. As of Thursday, at least 310,144 people in Germany were infected with the virus.
According to the institute, the death toll rose by 16 to 9,578.
Ten thousand boxes a day?
Faced with this high rate of new infections, the RKI has warned against the uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus in Germany. It is “possible that we see more than 10,000 new cases a day and the virus is spreading uncontrollably,” RKI President Lothar Wieler said in Berlin on Thursday.
“The current situation worries me a lot,” Wieler said. It is currently unclear “how the situation in Germany will develop in the coming weeks.” But he hoped “that we manage to keep infections at a level that we can deal with.”
Spahn: “The pandemic is also a test of character”
In view of the increasing number of corona, the federal minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU), urged that the norms of hygiene and distance be observed. “This pandemic is also a test of character for us as a society,” Spahn said at the joint press conference with Wieler in Berlin. “If 80 million join, the chances of the virus will be drastically reduced.”
Spahn described the rise in new infections as “worrisome.” At the same time, however, he noted that the number of deaths and the number of Covid 19 patients treated in intensive care were “still comparatively low at this time.” “The health system can handle it well.”
Do you have to celebrate now?
Germany has “weathered the crisis well so far,” Spahn said. “We can be pretty sure.” “There is hardly a country in Europe that so far has been able to cope with the crisis so well.” Now “it depends on everyone if we can assure what we have achieved,” said the minister. The “most effective” is still compliance with hygiene and distance rules. “Everyone can answer for themselves the question of whether partying and traveling are essential now,” Spahn said. The minister warned young people in particular to consider themselves “inviolable.” “But they are not”. The spread of the virus is causing “great dangers”, especially for the elderly.
In response to the growing number of cases, the German federal states have decided that tourists within Germany can only be accommodated if they can show a negative corona test that is no more than 48 hours old. This should apply to travelers from areas with more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
The fastest increase also in the Czech Republic
Meanwhile, the Czech Republic recorded the fastest increase in Europe. The Czech Republic has reported 5,335 new cases of coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health. The country has the highest number of new infections since the pandemic outbreak and the fastest per capita increase in Europe in the past two weeks.
(APA / Reuters / red.)
