NewsCorona in Germany: Incidence at a new high

Corona in Germany: Incidence at a new high

The nationwide seven-day incidence continues to climb on Monday. The RKI announces the current case numbers for Germany.

Berlin – The corona pandemic still has Germany firmly under control. The nationwide seven-day incidence also rose to a new high on Monday (November 22nd, 2021). According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week in the morning was 386.5.

For comparison: the previous day the value was 372.7, a week ago it was 303.0 (previous month: 95.1). The health authorities in Germany reported 30,643 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This can be seen from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:08 a.m. Exactly one week ago the RKI reported 23,607 infections.

Corona case numbers: New highs every day with Germany-wide incidence

The seven-day incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week. On November 8, the value in Germany had exceeded the threshold of 200 and thus the previous high since the beginning of the pandemic of 197.6. Since then, new highs have been recorded every day.

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The corona situation in Germany remains tense. The nationwide incidence climbs to a new high.

According to the new information from the RKI, 62 more deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 43 deaths. The RKI has counted 5,385,585 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 are not recognized.

Corona case numbers (November 22, 2021): Infections, deaths and incidence in the weekly overview

Day New infections | Deaths | Incidence
Monday (11/22/2021) 30,643 | 62 | 386.5
Sunday (11/21/2021) 42,727 | 75 | 372.7
Saturday (November 20th, 2021) 63.924 | 248 | 362.2
Friday (11/19/2021) 52,970 | 201 | 340.7
Thursday (11/18/2021) 65.371 | 264 | 336.9
Wednesday (11/17/2021) 52.826 | 294 | 319.5
Tuesday (11/16/2021) 32,048 | 265 | 312.4
Monday (15.11.2021) 23.607 | 43 | 303.0
Sunday (11/14/2021) 33,498 | 55 | 289.0

Corona case numbers for Germany: hospitalization rate continues to rise

The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Friday at 5.34 (Thursday: 5.30). With the indicator it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay. The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas 2020.

The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 4,649,300. The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 99,124. (msb with dpa and afp)

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