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The Baden-Württemberg State Health Office reported a new daily record for new infections on Thursday. There are also new hot spots in the country. Where and when more restrictions threaten: an overview.
The Baden-Württemberg state health office reported a total of 4,208 new confirmed infections with the corona virus on Thursday night. It’s a new record since the pandemic began for the second day in a row. A week ago there were almost 1,200 fewer cases (3,063). The Robert Koch Institute also reported nationwide on Thursday morning with 23,679 new infections.
Other regions will become corona hot spots
The number of cities and districts in Baden-Württemberg with an incidence of more than 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days has continued to increase. There are now thirteen in total, so more than a fifth of the residents of Baden-Württemberg live in Corona hotspots:
- Calw District
- Enzkreis
- Freudenstadt district
- Heilbronn District
- Loerrach district
- Neckar-Odenwald District
- Rems-Murr District
- Rottweil District
- Schwarzwald-Baar district
- Tuttlingen district
- Heilbronn
- Mannheim
- Pforzheim
Currently in Baden-Württemberg the following applies: if a city or district exceeds the 200 mark for three days in a row, stricter measures must be imposed, for example a night curfew. In that case, the apartment can only be vacated between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM with a valid reason. In addition, to avoid crowds, sales such as clearance or sales are prohibited. Sports facilities, hairdressing salons and tanning salons will be closed. In Mannheim, Pforzheim, the Heilbronn city and the Calw District these measures have already been implemented.
The hot spots that have exceeded the 200 mark for more than three days are the Enzkreis and the counties Heilbronn, Lörrach and Tuttlingen. In the districts of Heilbronn and Lörrach, the strictest measures will be imposed from next Friday. The districts of Enzkreis and Tuttlingen must also introduce stricter rules. The Freudenstadt, Rottweil and Ulm districts are also preparing stricter measures.
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis and Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis passed the 200 mark for the first time
the Neckar-Odenwald District and the Schwarzwald-Baar district It exceeded the incidence of 200 for the first time on Thursday.
No later than three days in a row with an incidence of more than 200, districts must implement state requirements. The go-ahead and relaxation in a region only occurs when the seven-day incidence is below the cutoff for five consecutive days.
The city Pforzheim it continues to have the highest incidence in the country with 339. The state government has already announced new measures for cities and districts with a value of more than 300. The city also Heilbronn it exceeded this limit for the first time with an incidence of 318.3 on Thursday.
Calls for a strict block are getting louder
As the numbers continue to rise, calls for a strict lockdown are getting stronger. Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) urged a swift decision on Thursday. “Every day counts,” he told the “Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung”. “It is about human life and the health of many people.” The measures taken so far have not had the necessary effect and the situation is very serious. The Mayor of Pforzheim, Peter Boch (CDU), also called on the situation in his city to act quickly:
Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) had already said on Tuesday that a tough post-Christmas lockdown was getting closer and closer. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) also urged the Bundestag on Wednesday to take stricter measures.
