The Robert Koch Institute reported more than 200,000 new corona infections within one day. The seven-day incidence and number of deaths are rising again.
Berlin – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported an increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence for the second day in a row. The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week as 1196.4.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1174.1. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1259.5 (previous month: 1349.5). The health authorities in Germany reported 217,593 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m. A week ago there were 210,743 infections.
Experts assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data. One reason is the limited capacity of health authorities, for example, and contacts are often only tracked to a limited extent. In addition, according to the ALM laboratory association, there is now a larger number of people whose infection is no longer confirmed by a PCR test – these infections are therefore not included in the official statistics.
More deaths
According to the new information, 291 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 226 deaths. The RKI has counted 15,481,890 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 6.36 (Wednesday: 6.14) according to the RKI. Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The value is not reported on weekends.
The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Friday as 201,900. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 123,796. dpa
