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DGerman health authorities reported 3,883 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in one day. In addition, 415 additional deaths were recorded in 24 hours. That comes from the RKI figures for Tuesday. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 3,856 new infections and 528 new deaths in one day. The RKI wrote in its status report on Tuesday: “The decrease in the daily number of cases since mid-January 2021 does not continue at present.”
At the national level there are outbreaks in various circles, “which, according to data transmitted to the RKI, are currently mainly related to homes for the elderly and the elderly, private homes and the professional environment,” he says.
The data reflects the status of the RKI dashboard since 03.11 am, subsequent changes or additions are possible.
Seven-day incidence drops slightly
According to the RKI, the number of new infections reported in seven days per 100,000 population (seven-day incidence) was 60.5 nationwide on Tuesday morning, and thus slightly lower than the day before ( 61.0). Four weeks ago, on January 26, the incidence had been 107.6. Its previous high was reached on December 22 at 197.6.
On January 14, the peak of 1,244 recently reported deaths was reached. For new infections registered within 24 hours, the highest value was reached on December 18 at 33,777, but it contained 3,500 late reports.
The RKI has counted 2,394,811 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (until February 23, 3:11 am). The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher as many infections go undetected. The RKI stated the number of people who had recovered at around 2,207,700. The total number of people who died with or with a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection increased to 68,318.
According to RKI’s management report on Monday night, the national seven-day R-value was 1.05 (previous day 1.10). This means that in theory 100 infected people infect 105 more people. The value represents the appearance of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides.
On Tuesday, a task force led by Chancellor’s Minister Helge Braun will begin advising on possible initial steps, after Chancellor Merkel wants to examine the gradual easing of applicable crown restrictions in three areas and link them to usage. immediate testing. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, Markus Söder (CSU), has spoken in favor of those vaccinated and examined in the future having more freedom and “automatically more opportunities to move”. Stiko president Thomas Mertens expects the use of vaccination certificates, as is done in Israel, for example.
