The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported almost 175,000 new corona infections on Saturday (02/26/2022). The nationwide seven-day incidence continues to fall.
Berlin – The nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections has fallen again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 people and week on Saturday morning as 1253.3.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1259.5. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1350.4 (previous month: 940.6). The health authorities in Germany reported 175,833 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 189,105 infections. The total number of registered cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the corona pandemic has thus increased to 14,574,845.
Corona in Germany (02/26/2022): RKI reports current case numbers
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.
Corona in Germany: development of the number of cases in a weekly overview
| Day | new infections | Deaths | incidence |
| Saturday (02/26/2022) | 175,833 | 250 | 1253.3 |
| Friday (02/25/2022) | 210,743 | 226 | 1259.5 |
| Thursday (02/24/2022) | 216,322 | 243 | 1265.0 |
| Wednesday (02/23/2022) | 209.052 | 299 | 1278.9 |
| Tuesday (02/22/2022) | 125,902 | 306 | 1306.8 |
| Monday (02/21/2022) | 73,867 | 22 | 1346.8 |
| Sunday (02/20/2022) | 118.032 | 73 | 1346.3 |
| Saturday (02/19/2022) | 189.105 | 210 | 1350.4 |
Corona case numbers in Germany: RKI reports 250 deaths in 24 hours
In addition, according to the RKI, 250 new deaths related to the corona virus were recorded within 24 hours. The total number of recorded corona deaths in Germany rose to 122,621. The RKI put the number of people who have recovered from corona disease in Germany at around 10,758,500 since the beginning of the pandemic.
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 people are in the hospital within seven days because of a corona infection. According to the current RKI information, the hospitalization incidence on Friday was 6.28 nationwide. A week earlier it had been 6.24. (red/dpa/afp)
Rubriklistenbild: © National Institute of Infectious Diseases/Imago Images
