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Corona situation in Germany: RKI reports incidence of 1441.0 – feared high number of unreported cases

The seven-day incidence continues to rise on Tuesday (02/08/2022). The RKI reports the number of new corona infections.

Berlin/Frankfurt – The seven-day incidence of new corona infections in Germany has reached another high. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week on Tuesday morning as 1441.0. For comparison: the previous day the value was 1426.0, a week ago it was 1206.2 (previous month: 335.9).

The health authorities in Germany reported 169,571 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This emerges from figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5:24 a.m. A week ago there were 162,613 infections.

Corona case numbers for Germany: incidence continues to rise

Day new infections | Deaths | incidence
Tuesday (08.02.2022) 169,571 | 177 | 1441.0
Monday (07.02.2022) 95,267 | 49 | 1426.0
Sunday (06.02.2022) 133.173 | 41 | 1400.8
Saturday (05.02.2022) 217,815 | 172 | 1388.0
Friday (04.02.2022) 248,838 | 170 | 1349.5
Thursday (03.02.2022) 236.120 | 164 | 1283.2
Wednesday (02/02/2022) 208,498 | 196 | 1227.5
Tuesday (02/01/2022) 162,613 | 188 | 1206.2
Monday (01/31/2022) 78,318 | 61 | 1176.8
Sunday (01/30/2022) 118,970 | 59 | 1156.8
Source: Robert Koch Institute / RKI

However, the figures are only of limited significance. Experts assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data. Test capacities and health authorities are at the limit in many places, contacts are only traced to a limited extent. In addition, the planned prioritization of PCR tests is likely to increase the number of people who no longer have their infection confirmed by a PCR test – which is therefore not included in the official statistics.

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According to the new information, 177 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 188 deaths. The RKI has counted 11,287,428 detected 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 5.41 according to the RKI on Monday (Sunday: 5.63). These may also include people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Tuesday as 8,257,400. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 118,943. (ktho/dpa)

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