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The Robert Koch Institute regularly publishes the number of coronavirus cases in Germany. Research by “Spiegel” now shows that a number of values have been calculated too low.
Lothar Wieler’s press conferences are followed across the country: every time Institute President Robert Koch sits in front of the blue wall, he announces important people. They should show how far the crown pandemic in Germany has already spread. However, some of these values are probably not true at all, as “Spiegel’s” research shows.
Consequently, at least 30 percent of the information is based on incomplete data. In the period from August 31 to October 12, one day per week was not included in the counts. Therefore, only six rather than seven days were included in the seven-day incidence. However, the RKI does not correct this, but the value of zero is assumed in the calculation of the remaining days.
As a result, according to “Spiegel”, values that were too low occurred repeatedly over a period of weeks. This is particularly explosive because the seven-day incidence is currently a benchmark for tightening the crown’s rules.
Beyond the federal state, the values of different municipalities are not comparable either. Upon request, the Robert Koch Institute confirmed to the magazine that the figures on RKI’s dashboard and daily status reports would deviate from actual values. The fault is the “late delivery”. However, the RKI would use the “most up-to-date data available”.
