The RKI announces the current number of corona cases in Germany. More than 260,000 new infections have been reported. The incidence continues to rise.
Berlin – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has again reported a peak value for the nationwide seven-day incidence. The RKI gave the value of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Saturday morning as 1735.0. For comparison: the previous day the value was 1706.3, a week ago it was 1496.0 (previous month: 1350.4).
The health authorities in Germany reported 260,239 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. On Friday (03/18/2022) 297,845 new corona infections were reported. A week ago there were 237,086 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. Contacts are often only tracked to a limited extent.
Corona case numbers in Germany in a weekly overview
| Day | new infections | Deaths | incidence |
|---|---|
| Saturday (03/19/2022) | 260,239 | 221 | 1735.0 |
| Friday (03/18/2022) | 297,845 | 226 | 1706.3 |
| Thursday (03/17/2022) | 294,931 | 278 | 1651.4 |
| Wednesday (03/16/2022) | 262,593 | 269 | 1607.1 |
| Tuesday (03/15/2022) | 198,888 | 283 | 1585.4 |
| Monday (03/14/2022) | 92,378 | 19 | 1543.0 |
| Sunday (03/13/2022) | 146,607 | 50 | 1526.8 |
| Saturday (03/12/2022) | 237,086 | 255 | 1496.0 |
| Friday (03/11/2022) | 252,836 | 249 | 1439.0 |
| source | Dashboard of the Robert Koch Institute |
Corona case numbers in Germany: RKI reports 221 deaths
According to the new information, 221 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 249 deaths. The RKI has counted 18,548 225 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 7.81 according to the RKI on Friday (Thursday: 7.58). 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 14,448,200. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 126,867. (sne / dpa)
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