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They get up again Covid dead in Germany: the Robert Koch Institute he reported this morning 852 deaths registered in the last 24 hours. Another peak, after the record level of 962 deaths was reached on December 23. Germany has also crossed the threshold of 30 thousand dead since the beginning of the pandemic (30,978) and today it has other 12,892 new cases confirmed Covid-19, despite fewer tampons than in recent days due to the holidays. Down to 149.2 the incidence rate of infections per 100 thousand inhabitants in the seven days, a week ago had reached 197.6 cases: these are the first effects of hard confinement taken on December 16, when Angela Merkel convinced the Länder and the country of the need to more restrictions, after the contagion curve had started to run again at the beginning of the month.
German deaths in recent weeks are a consequence of the boom of positives that Germany has recorded since December: lock light that had been introduced at the beginning of November was not enough to reduce the epidemic curve, while meanwhile also the German tracking -the one that during the first wave had allowed Berlin to keep the virus under control- was definitely jump. The government reaction has arrived only mid december, when the numbers were too high. Now, however, another possible explanation is added to the rebound in cases and later deaths in the country: the English variant of Covid, in fact, it was in Germany at least since november. The mutation was discovered in a infected patient last month: a very old person with previous illnesses, who did not survive to disease. The result of the analysis was confirmed by the laboratory of Charité from Berlin.
The first to break the news wasHannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, citing the Ministry of Health from the land of Lower saxony. The ministry later confirmed, explaining that the variant was detected in samples of two patients who were infected in northern Germany in November: they are the deceased and his wife. The couple’s daughter she had been to england in mid-November and it was probably infected there. Scientists believe that the English variant more contagious and therefore its presence in Germany for more than a month could explain, at least in part, the large number of new cases registered by the Robert Koch Institute in the last weeks.
The case of Saxony – If the English variant was discovered in Lower Saxony, the German Land with the highest number of positives and deaths in relation to the population in the second wave is instead the Saxony. Cadastral records more than 70 victims Covid each 100 thousand inhabitants, in second place is the Bavaria which has 49.2, but it was also the German territory most affected by the virus in the spring. Instead, the first wave was overtaken by Saxony with a low number cases and deaths, a circumstance that led the population to underestimate the danger of the pandemic. A psychological factor that also adds to a political-social one: Saxony is also the Land where the AfD – Alternative for Germany – it’s stronger. The German right-wing party is the one that most minimized the effects and danger of the virus. Another explanation lies in the age of the population: especially in the districts of Görlitz me Erzgebirge, where they are recorded respectively 153 a 113 dead every 100,000 inhabitants, the inhabitants are particularly Old people compared to the national average. Finally, another factor was identified in cross-border movements with the neighbor Czech RepublicNot just for commuters, but for the entire population, no border restrictions have ever come into effect.
The hospitals – In addition to the case of Saxony, the increasing number of deaths in Germany is in general proportional to the increase in positives and gods Hospital admissions. Despite the wide availability of ICU beds, the German healthcare system is also in great difficulty due to the constant growth of cases that occurred during the fall and that the mild restrictions November have not stopped. Even today in the newspaper Time ICU doctors report a possible nurse shortage if the contagion figures continue at this rate. If on November 1 Germany exceeded the 2 thousand beds occupied for Covid in resuscitation rooms, today that number has reached an altitude 5,633, according to the data processed by Berliner Morgenpost. In the country there are still more than 4 thousand free beds (another 16 thousand are occupied by non-Covid patients), but the problem is that already 289 hospitals report having reached the collapse. In Saxony, vacancies are now 18%. In the capital Sedan I’m just the 12 percent.
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