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Friday, October 30, 2020
A few months ago, Chancellor Merkel caused a stir with a calculation model. Almost 20,000 new infections in Germany, and that even at Christmas. What seemed unlikely at the time is now a reality.
In late September, Chancellor Angela Merkel paints a grim picture in the corona pandemic and fears nearly 19,200 new infections by Christmas. It is essential to avoid numbers of this magnitude. In view of the numbers in the thousands, this idea of terror seemed unlikely just a few months ago, but reality is already overtaking it. The federal states reported 19,745 new cases overnight, more than double the number a week ago.
The number of reported infections in Germany rose to a total of 509,337, more than 5,000 in North Rhine-Westphalia alone. As can be seen from information from state authorities evaluated by ntv.de, there were another 81 deaths, the number increased to 10,388.
The chancellor renewed her arithmetic skills at the parliamentary group meeting a few days ago and added the health system as a new variable. In addition to the weekly doubling of the number of infections, the doubling interval for the number of occupied intensive care beds would be ten days. “It is doubling four times more and the system comes to an end,” Merkel is said to have said, according to the daily “Bild”. In this case, you can no longer act.
The latest figures are likely to confirm that the German government is on the right track with the partial month-long lockdown on November 2. Consequently, decision makers like Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder defended the measure. “It is more serious than in spring,” Söder said in the Bavarian state parliament. Patience, good humor, optimism and, above all, consideration are now necessary. “Only through consideration will we face Corona.” Some did not understand the seriousness of the situation.
And Söder also referred to the increasingly tense situation in hospitals. “The number of occupied beds is increasing significantly.” But if patient care is no longer guaranteed and capabilities are depleted, the risk to the individual patient will be dramatically greater. According to the Divi Register, 1,839 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Germany, 919 of whom are ventilated. Around 7539 intensive care beds are still available in German clinics.
Before the last weekend, before the new rules came into effect, there were mainly words of admonition and warning. North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet said: “Dispense with the usual Halloween parties.” The federal government also made it clear that the stricter requirements must also be monitored. Chancellor’s chief Helge Braun said of Bayerischer Rundfunk: “Everybody has to stick to the rules very, very consistently.” The following applies: “No proactive controls in the private sector, but very clear controls in the public sector.”
