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The number of corona infections recorded daily in Germany continues to increase significantly. On Friday, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported another 7,334 reported infections with Sars-CoV-2. The number of people infected since the pandemic began increased to 348,557.
There were also 24 new deaths from Covid 19 compared to the previous day. A total of 9,734 people died from the disease in this country. The institute put the number of people who recovered at around 284,600.
The RKI had already registered 6,638 new infections in the 24 hours of Thursday: it was the highest value since the beginning of the pandemic. During the first phase of the pandemic in the spring, there had been significantly less testing for the virus. As testing capabilities increase, more infections are now being discovered.
Significant increase in intensive care patients
Recently, there has already been a significant increase in Covid 19 patients treated in intensive care. According to RKI’s situation report on Thursday, 655 corona-infected people were treated in intensive care units, 329 of whom were ventilated. One week earlier, the value was 487 (239 ventilated), the previous week it was 362 (193 ventilated). Around 8,700 intensive care beds are still available in Germany.
The number of corona tests has fluctuated between around 1.1 million and 1.2 million per week since mid-August. However, according to RKI data from Wednesday, the positive test rate has risen significantly: from 0.74 percent in late August to 2.48 percent in the week of October 5-11.
