Corona Bavaria: Riddles About High Numbers – Why is the Free State again at the top of the list of sick people?

Munich – You’re in the middle of a tapeworm-like journalistic question about the corona tests * when Markus Söder * breaks his patience. “Then it would be nice, we don’t do any tests, because then we don’t have any positive ones,” he whispers, “right?” Prime Minister at a press conference this week is ironic. But the matter has a real core.

Corona infection numbers Germany: Bavaria takes first place again, as in March

Bayern is currently on the rise, as with the corona explosion in March * Number one in number of infections. This is not a good statistic for the government, which has taken a very strict course against the Bavarian pandemic. Again and again the accusation arises that those who have such numbers should not declare themselves a role model. In part, this has to do with test numbers.

To the facts: according to the latest Data from the Robert Koch Institute Bavaria counts more new cases of corona (2,114) in the last seven days than all other countries. NRW has 1543, Baden-Württemberg 1530, Saxony-Anhalt 31. Bavaria also leads in relation to population. Calculated for every 100,000 inhabitants there are 16.2 (Baden-Württemberg: 13.8; NRW: 8.6).

Devastating crown hot spots for Bavaria: Ischgl and strong beer festivals – what’s to blame now?

At the beginning of the corona pandemic, there were two explanatory models in Bavaria. First, the proximity to devastators Hotspots like Ischgl, from where the Tyrol sent infected ski tourists to the world. Interestingly, Ischgl also explains the high numbers in March in Hamburg: many ski tourists also came from the comparatively rich Hanseatic city, in this case mainly by plane. At first, Corona was an “elite phenomenon,” wrote the other recently. DOES. Second explanation, which was less popular in Bavaria: the Strong beer parties. Looking back, Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger made a mistake in one of his appearances when he said that strong beer made you immune to Corona – every festival was a hotbed of infection with dire consequences.

the Beer and après-ski infection chains they are broken. Bavaria’s high values ​​have new reasons. Now, at the end of the summer, the number of travelers increases again: on the one hand, relatives returning from the Balkans; Living in Bavaria, well integrated, a number of Croats above the average. On the other hand, vacationers. Golden rule: more people travel to vacation from richer regions. Two-thirds of new corona * cases are due to travelers. NRW and Hesse have already done so. Not in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, the school holidays have just ended here.

And then the many free tests for asymptomatic patients come into play – otherwise their infections would never have been discovered. Bavaria has been with us since the summer Serial testing The labs were much busier with harvest workers, asylum seekers, and now teachers, in addition to return travel tests on highways and train stations (where there are gaps).

Corona: Bavaria has the highest number of infections, the explanation is obvious

There are currently around 1.05 million people tried. Bavaria said last week a good 320,000 people Get it tested, so nearly a third. This number has increased considerably since mid-July. Other states do not provide exact figures, a sample from RKI suggests that only NRW tests similarly, Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Berlin and Hesse much less. The Bavarians, 16 percent of the Germans, submit more than 30 percent of the tests.

The Bavarian numbers can be explained in this way. Still comes from the opposition sharp critic. The leader of the green parliamentary group Ludwig Hartmann accuses Söder of “a highly dangerous communication policy”: “The message of a safe Bavaria and a dangerous non-Bavaria was wrong and has serious consequences. The crowded beaches are as dangerous on the Chiemsee as they are on the Adriatic. There is no such thing as a “Bavarian island of the blessed.” * Merkur.de is an offer from Ippen Digital Network

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