The Robert Koch Institute registered over 35,000 new infections – a week ago it was more than 50,000. Due to the spread of the Omikron variant, the number of cases could soon rise again.
Berlin – The nationwide seven-day incidence has fallen again compared to the previous day. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week in the morning as 265.8.
For comparison: the previous day the value was 280.3. A week ago the nationwide incidence was 331.8 (previous month: 404.5). The health authorities in Germany reported 35,431 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:54 a.m. Exactly one week ago there were 50,968 infections.
370 new deaths
According to the new information, 370 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 437 deaths. The RKI has counted 6,959,067 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.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Thursday as 4.55 (Wednesday with 4.57). The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 6,048,800 today. The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 110,119. dpa
