compared to yesterday, the number of Corona cases has increased significantly. The health authorities in Germany have reported, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) 966 new infections within a day. Thus, the number is once again approaching the mark of 1000 new infections. The value was in the last week, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday on the threshold of 1000 for the first time since the beginning of may. On Sunday and Monday morning, the reporting figures are often lower, because on the weekend not all health authorities submit data to the RKI.
The highlight of the daily reported numbers of people infected was located at the beginning of April at more than 6000. The number was dropped after the still over 1000 and the values in may, in the tendency, since the end of July it rises again. Experts are concerned that it could lead to a sharp increase in the number of cases, the health offices in the tracking of contagion, chains of boundaries.
reproduction number remains above 1
the Federal health Minister Jens Spahn had made after the increase of the Corona infections but is clear that he sees currently not crossed a critical threshold: “at The Moment we are, in each case, in a size order, with the health care and the public health service deal with it,” said the CDU politician. “If we now stabilize at a certain level, then we can deal with it.”
other than in the middle of June, as for example in the Slaughterhouse Tönnies in North Rhine-Westphalia, a large Corona-the outbreak gave the current rise is not mainly on individual focal points due. At the County level, the Figures have risen, often only slightly. But over all boundaries, this effect adds up. Experts fear such a development, because they can’t be fixed with a few harsh measures to contain it. As the cause for the increase in the RKI had called President Lothar Wieler negligence in the observance of the rules of conduct.
Since the beginning of the Corona-crisis, at least 217.293 people in Germany have been confirmed with the Virus Sars-CoV-2, such as the RKI reported on Tuesday morning in the Internet. Since the previous day, four new deaths were reported. The number of deaths in connection with a Corona virus according to RKI-information now in 9201. Until Sunday morning 198.100 people had survived the infection, according to the RKI estimates.