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7,830 new corona infections in Germany: new record
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“The absolute numbers are not comparable to each other”
The dramatic increase in the number of infections brings back memories of the Corona situation in spring. The infectiologist Prof. Timo Ulrichs explains why the current dynamics is worrying, but a comparison of the numbers is not yet convenient.
In Germany, 7,830 cases of infection were reported in 24 hours, more than ever. According to the Robert Koch Institute, 33 people died in one day in connection with Corona. An overview in charts and numbers.
reGerman health authorities have 7830 new corona infections reported in one day, more than ever since the start of the pandemic. This comes from data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from Saturday morning. The day before, the highest value to date was registered with 7334 new cases.
Last week, the RKI reported on Saturday 4721 New infections. The current values are only partially comparable to those of the spring, because many more tests are now being carried out and therefore more infections are being discovered.
According to experts, recently reported infections are an indication of how strong the virus was in society about a week ago due to the time between infection, test, result, and report. That is why it takes some time before political measures are reflected in the reporting figures.
Since the start of the Crown crisis, according to the RKI, at least 356,387 People in Germany have been shown to be infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus (as of October 17, 00:00) The number of deaths in connection with a corona infection was accordingly 9767. That was 33 more than the day before. According to RKI estimates, around 290,000 have been recovered.
According to RKI’s management report on Friday, the number of views, or R-value for short, was 1.22 (previous day: 1.08) in Germany. This means that an infected person infects about 1.2 people on average. The R value represents the infection rate approximately one and a half weeks earlier.
In addition, the RKI gives an assumption in its current management report. R. seven days in. The value refers to a longer period of time and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations. According to RKI estimates, this value was 1.30 (previous day: 1.22). It shows the infection process from 8 to 16 days ago.
All over the world there are according to Johns Hopkins University at least 39,015,163 People infected with Covid-19 (as of October 16 at 5 pm). Of the same 1,099,727 People died from the virus.
In the United States is the number of people infected with the virus in at least 63,710 in 8.01 million Cases increased. That comes from a Reuters count. At least. At least 217,734 people died from or with the virus, an increase from 866 the day before.
Nine US states have high levels of new infections. Wisconsin reported on 3747 confirmed cases within 24 hours. In some areas of the state, according to authorities, only 10 percent of intensive care beds in clinics are free. “We are at a very critical point,” explains Governor Tony Evers.
In Brazil According to the Health Ministry, the number of deaths per crown has risen to 754 in 24 hours. 153,214 uploaded. The number of confirmed infections increases accordingly 30,914 to 5.2 million.
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