The Robert Koch Institute currently registers particularly high incidences in children and adolescents. There are also new details about the situation in the intensive care units.
Berlin – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) registers a particularly high number of Corona * infections among children and adolescents in individual regions of Germany. In eight districts, the seven-day incidence is currently more than 500 among 10 to 19-year-olds, the RKI tweeted on Thursday evening (October 14, 2021) about an evaluation in the new Corona weekly report.
More detailed information on the districts and their respective numbers were not given, but on a map, the districts were colored accordingly. The RKI also gave no information on possible backgrounds for the regionally high numbers.
Corona in Germany: A total of 636 school outbreaks in the past four weeks
Nationwide, the seven-day incidence last week in the age groups under 20 years, however, decreased slightly compared to the week before, it was said in summary. In contrast, the values for people over 20 rose slightly.
The RKI also spoke of 636 school breakouts transmitted nationwide for the past four weeks, but due to possible late registrations, the past two weeks in particular cannot yet be assessed.
Corona pandemic in Germany: the number of cases in intensive care units is currently not increasing
For some time now, numerous corona infections have been found, especially in children from school age and in adolescents. The virus is tested regularly at daycare centers and schools. The corona vaccines * have so far been approved for ages 12 and up. The vaccination rate for 12 to 17 year olds is much lower than for adults. Children and adolescents are significantly less likely to get seriously ill with Covid-19 than older people, but there are still unanswered questions about long-term consequences.
The RKI continues to write that there has been a plateau in the number of cases of patients with Covid-19 in the intensive care units over the past few weeks. Almost 1,400 adults are currently cared for there. The Divi Intensive Register indicates the proportion of underage people affected as 0.7 percent (as of October 14, 2021).
Robert Koch Institute on the Corona situation in Germany: Infection numbers are stagnating overall
In the groups over 70 years of age for which the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) now recommends a booster vaccination, the increase in incidence is largely slight, according to the report. It is larger, especially among the very old people over 90 years of age, the value rose from 39 to 48 from the week before last to last week. In older age, the immune response after vaccinations is generally lower and vaccination breakthroughs could more often lead to a more severe course, according to the Stiko justification for the booster vaccinations.
Overall, the RKI currently rates the situation with the number of infections as stagnating. The developments in the individual federal states differ. In a comparison of the past two weeks, Saxony, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Saarland recorded significant increases, according to the weekly report. However, the nationwide seven-day incidence has increased slightly *. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) stated the value of new infections per 100,000 people and week on Friday morning (October 15, 2021) as 68.7.
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