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HEssian hospitals have to treat more Covid-19 patients than a week ago. The number of people requiring intensive medical assistance and ventilation has increased considerably. According to the Ministry of Social Affairs to the FAZ, there are 567 corona patients in a clinic, a week ago there were 399. After 67 patients before, 110 people are now connected to ventilators. That’s an increase of almost two-thirds.
Thorsten Winter
Business Editor and Internet Coordinator in Rhein-Main-Zeitung.
By contrast, fewer beds are available in Hessian hospitals. According to the ministry, 6033 are free, which is less than 155. Of these, 599 are so-called ventilation beds, 62 less than a week ago. Meanwhile, health officials have reported significantly more new cases. There are many more new infections than in spring.
New incidence record in Offenbach
Unlike the federal government, the Robert Koch Institute in Hesse has not announced the second highest number of new corona infections since the pandemic began in March. 749 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 also mean 33 less than the previous day. However, neither of these means relief from the situation. Because even in this centrally located federal state, the infection rate is still at a very high level. 749 is one of the highest values for Hessen, as demonstrated by the Ministry of Social Affairs. Furthermore, the situation in the hotspots in Frankfurt and Offenbach is getting worse.
As can be seen on the website of the Federal Institute for Disease Control, known for short as the RKI, the so-called seven-day incidence in the main metropolis has increased from 122 to 124.4. In Offenbach it has gone from 127 to 129. Such values have never existed before. For Kassel, where there was a corona outbreak in a refugee home, the incidence is 107. The value is now almost triple digits in the Groß-Gerau district.
In light of the surge in new cases of less than 100,000 residents in a week, both cities recently tightened their crown requirements. The same applies to the state capital, Wiesbaden, where the incidence value is also rising and is now a good 82 according to the RKI. The highest warning level under the state escalation concept also applies to Wiesbaden (see graph). A value of 74.1 is recorded for neighboring Mainz.
After eight more deaths in connection with the pandemic, which the RKI recorded on Tuesday, there is now talk of another six corona victims. The total number of people who died as a result of a Covid 19 infection in Hesse has officially risen to 590 since March. If there are similarly high numbers in the coming days, this would indicate that mortality is increasing again. Because in the meantime, the RKI had only reported isolated deaths or no more.
The recovered group grows again strongly
Good news: the group of those who have recovered continues to grow steadily. The RKI now assumes 20,500 women, men and children who have survived the infection. That’s around 300 more than the day before. Statistically speaking, there are 34.7 people recovered for every victim of the crown in Hesse, slightly more than on Tuesday. 6,217 infections have not ended yet, the day before there were 5,774. Since March, health authorities have reported 27,307 infections.
As announced by the State Chancellery around noon, Corona’s tests on Ministers Tarek Al-Wazir and Kai Klose (both from Los Verdes) were negative. They took the test themselves after their colleague Angela Dorn noticed the infection.
The Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs publishes an overview of the development of the crown every day, broken down into districts and urban districts. Refers to RKI figures. In the first weeks of the pandemic, he also took into account the data of the inspection and investigation office of the state of Hesse in the health system of the Gießen regional council, to which the health authorities must report new cases. To ensure consistency, the ministry now only uses information from RKI.
The figures reported by the municipalities themselves may differ from the RKI figures, as they transmit the data with a time delay. The figures given by the municipalities themselves are usually more up-to-date than those of the RKI or the Ministry of Social Affairs of Hesse, as pointed out by dpa. The RKI only estimates the number of those who have recovered. An infection clears up after a good two weeks. Anyone who then does not receive medical treatment is considered recovered, as they say.
From Frankfurt’s perspective, it is fundamentally important: positive tests taken at the airport are not assigned to the city. Rather, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs, they are reflected in the statistics of the health department, which is responsible for the respective returnee. This can also be the Frankfurt office or another in Hesse, but also an authority in another federal state.
