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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
New high
RKI reports over 1000 corona deaths for the first time
Shortly before the end of the year, the RKI reports a sad record: for the first time, the number of deaths per crown has risen to more than 1000. The value is significantly higher than a week ago.
The number of reported deaths related to the coronavirus has passed the 1,000 mark for the first time, a maximum. In one day, German health authorities transmitted 1,129 new deaths to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), according to RKI figures from Wednesday morning.
In addition, 22,459 new infections were reported. Last Wednesday (December 23), 24,740 new infections and the previous high of 962 deaths were reported. Before Christmas, the RKI had announced that the current figures were only partially comparable with the values of the previous week, as it expected fewer tests and fewer reports from health authorities by the end of the year. Still, the number of new deaths on Wednesday morning was significantly higher than a week ago.
The number of new infections reported to health authorities in seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (incidence in seven days) was 141.3 on Wednesday morning. Its previous high was reached on December 22 at 197.6. However, the differences between federal states are huge: Saxony had the highest incidences on Tuesday with 330.0 and Thuringia with 255.1, Lower Saxony had the lowest value with 79.6. Since the start of the pandemic, the RKI has counted 1,687,185 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany (as of December 30, 00:00).
The total number of people who died with or with a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection rose to 32,107 as of Wednesday. The RKI stated that the number of people recovered was around 1,302,600. According to the RKI report on Tuesday evening, the national seven-day R-value was 0.67 (Monday: 0.74). This R value means that 100 infected people infect another 67 people. The value represents the onset of infection 8-16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides. However, in its report, the RKI emphasizes that at the end of the year corona cases are only shown, recorded and transmitted with a delay, “so the R value can also be underestimated.”
Note: The RKI figures generally differ slightly from the case data that ntv.de reports daily at night. The ntv.de data team has direct access to federal state registration figures published by ministries and local authorities. The RKI, on the other hand, is subject to legally prescribed reporting channels, which can lead to a delay.
In addition, the respective daily values map different recording periods: the ntv assessment collects the country information published at night and uses it to calculate a daily status of the numbers of reported cases, which is generally published starting at 8 pm The RKI system of record, on the other hand, takes into account incoming reports until midnight, and the current status of the data is announced the next morning.
