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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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Third highest daily value
RKI reports 500 more corona deaths
The infection rate in Germany remains unchanged: the number of new infections is slightly lower, but the number of deaths remains a cause for concern. Tuesday’s RKI value is above the previous week’s level even without new data from Saxony.
The number of deaths and new infections from coronavirus remains at a high level. German health authorities have currently transmitted 14,432 new cases and 500 deaths in one day to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), as announced by the RKI in the morning. As of Tuesday of the previous week, there were 14,054 new infections and 423 deaths. On Friday the highest daily growth of 29,875 reported cases and 598 deaths was reached. The 500 deaths reported today mark the third highest figure since the pandemic began.
The trend in the number of daily deaths had increased even more recently, which was also expected after the sharp increase in new infections. The total number of people who died with or with the participation of a proven Sars-CoV-2 infection increased in the official RKI data collection to 22,475 (as of December 15, 00:00).
Current case numbers are still pending from the Free State of Saxony. In the official RKI list, “no new cases” and “no new deaths” are simply mentioned for Saxony. However, regional and state authorities had reported a large number of cases until recently. Therefore, the data gap is likely due to technical problems in the transmission of status data to the RKI. The RKI confirmed yesterday that no data was transmitted from Saxony. No further details are available yet.
The seven-day incidence, which is decisive for assessing the situation at the national level, new infections reported per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, meanwhile, has decreased slightly. It peaked at 176.4 on Monday. On Tuesday that number fell to 173.7. It is not yet clear to what extent the missing data from Saxony will have an impact here. The RKI has counted 1,351,510 infections detected with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic.
The number of people in Germany who have already survived a coronavirus infection has passed the 1 million mark for the first time: according to estimates, around 1,003,300 people are currently considered to have recovered. The seven-day R-value nationwide was 1.06 based on Monday’s RKI management report (previous day: 1.12). This means that, in theory, 100 infected people infect 106 more people. The value represents the onset of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. Only when it is below 1 for a longer period does it decrease.
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 number of reported cases, which is generally published as of 8 pm The system RKI logging, on the other hand, takes into account incoming reports until midnight, and the current status of the data is announced the next morning.
