The number of new infections registered has been falling for a few days. However, there are likely to be many people who no longer have their infection confirmed with a PCR test.
Berlin – The nationwide seven-day incidence has fallen again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday morning as 1346.3.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1350.4. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1466.5 (previous month: 638.8). The health authorities in Germany reported 118,032 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 125,160 infections.
Experts assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data. Test capacities and health authorities are therefore at the limit in many places, and contacts are only tracked to a limited extent. In addition, there is likely to be a larger number of people who no longer have their infection confirmed by a PCR test – the infection is therefore not included in the official statistics.
More deaths than in the previous week
According to the new information, 73 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 58 deaths. The RKI has counted 13,563,126 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 6.24 according to the RKI on Friday (Thursday: 5.97). Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The value is not reported on weekends.
The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Sunday as 9,673,700. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 121,275. dpa
