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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Authorities report 777 deaths
Crown kills hit high
Health authorities have registered almost 22,000 new reported infections, and in four federal states the increases exceed the 3,000 mark. In Germany, never before have so many deaths related to Covid-19 been registered as this Tuesday.
The number of recently reported deaths in relation to the coronavirus has reached a new record in Germany. State authorities reported an increase of 777 on Tuesday. The total number of deaths related to Covid-19 has risen to 23,106. The previous high since the start of the pandemic was recorded on December 8 with 568 deaths.
1,370,045 coronavirus infections have been reported in Germany since the start of the pandemic. This added 21,948 new cases, 3,990 more than last Tuesday. Around 341,400 people are currently infected.
The infection rate (R value) is given by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as 0.95 (previous day: 1.12). This means that an average of 100 infected people infect another 95 people with Sars-CoV-2. The 7-day R-value is currently 0.98 (previous day: 1.06).
According to the Divi Register, 4,735 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Germany, 2,679 of whom are ventilated. Around 4,680 intensive care beds are still available in German clinics.
Six federal states recorded four-digit increases in their daily reports, and four states even recorded more than 3,000 new cases: North Rhine-Westphalia (4,083 new cases) ahead of Bavaria (3,763), Baden-Württemberg (3,295) and Saxony (3167). Hesse (1418) and Berlin (1129) have more than 1000.
Measured by the number of inhabitants, Saxony is the state with the highest daily increase in new infections per inhabitant on Tuesday: The Free State has 77.8 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Thuringia has the second highest value with 36.4.
Note: RKI figures generally deviate slightly from the case data that ntv.de daily reports at night. The ntv.de data team has direct access to federal state registration figures published by ministries and local authorities. The RKI, on the other hand, is subject to legally prescribed reporting channels, which can lead to a delay.
In addition, the respective daily values map different recording periods: the ntv assessment collects the country information published at night and uses it to calculate a daily status of the number of reported cases, which is generally published as of 8 pm The RKI’s recording system, on the other hand, takes into account incoming reports until midnight, and the current status of the data is announced the next morning.
