The Robert Koch Institute registered 260,239 new corona infections and 221 deaths within one day. 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 infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week 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. 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.
number of deaths is falling
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 proven 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 (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. dpa
