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The R causes us concern again!
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the rate of coronavirus infection in Germany has again risen above the critical mark 1.
The so-called replay number with data from May 9 at 0 o’clock is 1.10, as the RKI writes in a situation report released on Saturday night.
On Wednesday, the RKI had given the value at 0.65. Since then, the number of reproductions has constantly increased.
However, the institute continued to report: Due to statistical fluctuations, which would be reinforced by lower numbers overall, it is still not possible to assess whether the trend of new infections, which has been declining in recent weeks, has continued, or if the number of cases has increased again. “The increase in the estimated R value makes it necessary to watch development very carefully in the coming days,” writes the RKI.
At the start of the pandemic, the RKI reported daily on the latest developments in the crown crisis. In early April, the institute was reduced to two press conferences per week. It was only on Thursday that RKI Vice President Lars Schaade announced that there would be no regular press conferences starting next week.
The announcement sounded like a positive signal, it could almost be understood as a clear whole. But there is no doubt about this with the current R number.
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