The RKI again registers more than 200,000 new corona infections in Germany – the seven-day incidence has risen to a new high of 1388.0. 172 deaths were recorded.
Berlin – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported a further increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence and thus a new high. The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Saturday morning as 1388.0.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1349.5. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1127.7 (previous month: 258.6). The health authorities in Germany reported 217,815 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This emerges from figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:57 a.m. A week ago there were 189,166 infections.
Test capacities and health authorities at the limit
Experts assume that there will be a high and increasing number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data, partly because testing capacities and health authorities are at their limits in many places. In addition, some cities and districts have been reporting problems with the transmission of the number of corona cases for days.
According to the new information, 172 deaths were recorded in Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 182 deaths. The RKI has counted 10,889,417 infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 5.45 according to the RKI on Friday (Thursday: 5.00). These may also include people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Saturday as 8,016,000. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 118,676. dpa
