The seven-day incidence rises to 1426.0 on Monday (02/07/2022). Politicians are discussing the next opening steps.
- The nationwide 7-day incidence reported by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is 1426.0.
- Overall, the health authorities in Germany reported 133,173 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.
- All important information about the Corona situation in Germany can be found in our news ticker.
Berlin – The seven-day incidence of new corona infections in Germany has reached another high. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), on Monday morning (February 7th, 2022) it was 1426.0 nationwide. The incidence quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 people over a period of seven days.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1400.8. As reported by the RKI, citing data from the health authorities, the number of new infections within 24 hours on Monday morning was 95,267 – after 133,173 on Sunday (02/06/2022) and 78,318 on Monday last week (01/31/2022). As the RKI further announced, 49 further deaths in connection with the corona virus were also recorded on Monday (February 7th, 2022).
Corona case numbers for Germany: incidence continues to rise
According to the RKI, the health authorities have recorded a total of 11,117,857 cases of infection since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of registered corona deaths in Germany is now 118,766. The RKI puts the number of people who have recovered from corona disease in Germany at around 8,142,100.
| Day | new infections | Deaths | incidence |
| Monday (07.02.2022) | 95,267 | 49 | 1426.0 |
| Sunday (06.02.2022) | 133.173 | 172 | 1400.8 |
| Saturday (05.02.2022) | 217,815 | 172 | 1388.0 |
| Friday (04.02.2022) | 248,838 | 170 | 1349.5 |
| Thursday (03.02.2022) | 236.120 | 164 | 1283.2 |
| Wednesday (02/02/2022) | 208,498 | 196 | 1227.5 |
| Tuesday (02/01/2022) | 162,613 | 188 | 1206.2 |
| Monday (01/31/2022) | 78,318 | 61 | 1176.8 |
Corona case numbers for Germany: RKI records 49 deaths
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 on Friday (February 4th, 2022) was 5.45 nationwide. (red/dpa)
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