The RKI reports the current figures on the corona situation in Germany on a daily basis. How is the data on new infections, deaths and incidence developing?
Berlin / Frankfurt – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has regularly reported an increase in the official nationwide seven-day incidence over the past few days. The RKI last stated the value of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Thursday (January 6th, 2022) as 285.9. A value of 303.4 is transmitted for today’s Friday (January 7th, 2022).
| Day | New infections | Deaths | Incidence |
| Friday (07.01.2022) | 56,335 | 264 | 303.4 |
| Thursday (January 6th, 2022) | 64,340 | 443 | 285.9 |
| Wednesday (05.01.2022) | 58.912 | 346 | 258.6 |
| Tuesday (04.01.2022) | 30,561 | 356 | 239.9 |
| Monday (03.01.2022) | 18,518 | 68 | 232.4 |
| Sunday (January 2nd, 2022) | 12,515 | 46 | 222.7 |
| Saturday (01/01/2022) | 26,392 | 184 | 220.3 |
| Friday (31.12.2021) | 41,240 | 323 | 214.9 |
| Source: Robert Koch Institute |
The case numbers of the RKI can differ from those of the individual federal states. One reason for this is the longer transmission routes between the RKI and the responsible health authorities. The RKI’s Covid-19 dashboard can also be adjusted during the day.
The incidence value of new corona infections in Germany was 214.9 a week ago. The value quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days. The incidence is again as high as it was last before Christmas.
RKI removes warning notice
The RKI has removed the warning that fewer tests and reports were expected during the holidays and at the turn of the year. It had previously been said that the RKI numbers probably did not provide a complete picture of the infection situation in Germany.
As the RKI now announced, citing data from the health authorities, 56,335 new infections were recorded within 24 hours. It was the third day in a row with more than 50,000 new infections. A week ago it was 41,270.
Corona in Germany: 264 new deaths
In addition, 264 new coronavirus-related deaths were counted on Wednesday. According to the latest information from the RKI, the health authorities have recorded a total of 7,417,995 cases of infection since the start of the pandemic. The total number of registered corona deaths in Germany rose to 113,632. The institute put the number of people recovered from illness caused by the coronavirus in Germany at around 6,664,800.
In November, the federal and state governments set the so-called hospitalization incidence as the decisive yardstick for tightening the corona measures. This value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are in hospital within seven days because of a corona infection. According to the latest RKI report from Thursday, the nationwide hospitalization incidence was 3.26. (skr / afp)
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