While the number of new infections has fallen slightly compared to the previous day, the incidence continues to rise steeply. 249 more people have died from or with Covid-19.
Berlin – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported a peak in the nationwide seven-day incidence. The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Saturday morning as 1496.0.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1439.0. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1220.8 (previous month: 1474.3). The health authorities in Germany reported 237,086 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5:03 a.m. A week ago there were 192,210 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.
249 deaths recorded
According to the new information, 249 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 255 deaths. The RKI has counted 16,994,744 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 7.0 according to the RKI on Friday (Thursday: 6.74). Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.
The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Saturday as 13,273,700. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 125,521. dpa
