Coronavirus: 10’073 new cases +++ 247 had to go to the hospital +++ 73 dead

The number of new corona infections in Germany remains high: In one day, 17,214 new cases were reported to the state Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The number of registered deaths related to the virus increased by 151 in the country with 83 million people for a total of 10,812.

“Currently you can see a growing acceleration of transmissions in the population in Germany,” he says in the RKI situation report on Tuesday afternoon. The R values, which in the last few days have not been so clearly above 1, indicate at least a slight flattening of the increase. Since the number of infected people is currently very high, there are still a large number of new infections every day, according to the RKI.

According to the RKI situation report on Tuesday night, the number of views, or the R-value for short, was 0.94 in Germany (previous day: 1.07). This means that an infected person infects slightly less than another person on average. The R value represents the infection rate approximately one and a half weeks earlier. In addition, the RKI includes the so-called seven-day R in its management report. The value refers to a longer period of time and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations. According to RKI estimates, this value was 0.98 on Tuesday (previous day: 1.04). It shows the infection process from 8 to 16 days ago. (sda / dpa)