Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) – The seven-day incidence of new corona infections continues to decrease. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 435.7 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within one week for North Rhine-Westphalia on Thursday morning. The day before, the value was 440.4 (previous week: 506.9, previous month: 714.2). NRW is thus still slightly below the nationwide incidence, which according to the RKI was 451.3 on Thursday.
However, these numbers only provide a very incomplete picture of the infection situation. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases that are not recorded by the health authorities – mainly because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
According to the RKI, there were 16,389 new confirmed corona cases within one day in NRW. The number of deaths related to Covid-19 rose by a further 34 in 24 hours in the most populous state to a total of 26,484 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
