The RKI reports the current number of corona cases in Germany every day. Because of the persistently high data, the federal government is against easing.
+++ 2.37 p.m .: According to a spokesman for the federal government, there will be no easing of the corona measures at the present time. “The moment we have the feeling that we can relax responsibly, this federal government, all state governments will take exactly this step,” said government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit on Monday (January 31, 2022) in Berlin.
At the moment, however, it is “still a bit premature” to take this step. One is still in the phase in which things are going uphill with the numbers. You are currently in the middle of the Corona wave, where there are new record values every day. “And in this respect I would warn at the moment against believing too early that it’s already over,” said Hebestreit.
Corona case numbers: incidence continues to rise – over 78,000 new infections
First report from Monday, January 31st, 2022, 4:07 a.m.: Berlin/Frankfurt – For weeks, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has been reporting maximum values for the nationwide seven-day incidence in the corona crisis almost every day. The data for today, Monday, January 31, 2022, is now available.
The nationwide seven-day incidence has risen again and reached a new high of 1176.8 in Germany. The day before, the RKI had given the incidence as 1156.8. On Monday a week ago, the important parameter in the Corona crisis was 840.3 according to the RKI.
Corona case numbers in Germany: overview of new infections, deaths, incidence
| Day | new infections | Deaths | incidence |
|---|---|
| Monday (01/31/2022) | 78,318 | 61 | 1176.8 |
| Sunday (01/30/2022) | 118,970 | 59 | 1156.8 |
| Saturday (01/29/2022) | 189.166 | 182 | 1127.7 |
| Friday (01/28/2022) | 190.148 | 170 | 1073.0 |
| Thursday (01/27/2022) | 203.136 | 188 | 1017.4 |
| Wednesday (01/26/2022) | 164,000 | 166 | 940.6 |
| Tuesday (01/25/2022) | 126,955 | 214 | 894.3 |
| Monday (01/24/2022) | 63,393 | 28 | 840.3 |
| Source: Robert Koch Institute / RKI |
Information on the number of cases
The case numbers of the RKI may differ from those of the individual federal states. One reason for this is the longer transmission paths between the RKI and the responsible health authorities. The RKI’s Covid-19 dashboard can also be adjusted during the day.
Experts assume 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 limit in many places. In addition, some cities and districts have been reporting problems with the transmission of the number of corona cases for days.
The incidence quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days.
As the RKI announced, citing data from the health authorities, the number of new infections within 24 hours on Monday morning was 78,318 – after 118,970 on Sunday and 63,393 on Monday last week. As the RKI further announced, 61 other deaths in connection with the corona virus were also recorded on Monday.
Corona case numbers for Germany: the number of infections is approaching the 10 million mark
According to the RKI, the health authorities have recorded a total of 9,815,533 cases of infection since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of registered corona deaths in Germany is now 117,786. The RKI puts the number of people who have recovered from corona disease in Germany at around 7,622,400.
The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Monday as 7,622,400. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 117,786.
In November, the federal and state governments had defined the so-called hospitalization incidence as the decisive benchmark for tightening or relaxing the corona measures. This value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are hospitalized within seven days because of a corona infection. According to the latest RKI report, the hospitalization incidence nationwide on Friday was 4.72. These may also include people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. This value is not determined at the weekend. (skr/afp)
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