The corona incidence in Berlin is increasing. The value was 1144.9 on Friday, according to the Senate situation report. 24 hours before the incidence was 1117.2, on Wednesday 1102.4.
The incidence indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have been shown to have been newly infected with the corona virus in the past seven days.
7953 new corona infections (previous day: 8962) were registered in Berlin on Friday. The total number is 833,569. There were five other deaths. 4,315 people have died in Berlin since the beginning of the pandemic from or with the disease caused by the pathogen.
But not all cases count anymore
The federal government’s new test strategy has been in effect since February 12. The following applies: Anyone who wants to have a free PCR test done can only do so if an antigen rapid test previously carried out by a test center was positive.
Anyone who has a red warning in the Corona-Warn-App or has carried out a test with a positive result at home is no longer entitled to a free PCR test. But only PCR tests are included in the statistics.
The situation in the districts
All counties submitted new cases on Friday. Most new infections were registered in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (+943), followed by Steglitz-Zehlendorf (+896). The fewest new cases were in Spandau (+307), Lichtenberg (+347), Neukölln (+491) and Reinickendorf (+521).
► With the seven-day incidence, three districts are still below the 1000 mark (previous day: four). Hotspot is still Pankow with 1607.2 (previous day: 1639.8), followed by Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (1389.3), Tempelhof-Schoeneberg with 1361 (previous day: 1326.7) and Mitte with 1331.9 (previous day: 1346, 6).
Lichtenberg continues to have the lowest incidence with 577.0 (previous day: 557.9), followed by Marzahn-Hellersdorf (871.7) and Neukölln with 971.1.
The status of vaccinations
77.6 percent (previous day: 77.6) of Berliners have been vaccinated at least once. 73.3 percent (previous day: 73.3) have the basic immunization or are fully vaccinated. 58.9 percent (previous day: 58.9) have received a booster vaccination or have been boosted.
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The Corona traffic light
In order to include a more meaningful indicator in the Corona traffic light, the relative change in the seven-day incidence was replaced by the hospitalization incidence. The seven-day incidence and the occupancy of the intensive care beds remain unchanged.
► According to the management report, the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants – equivalent to the seven-day incidence for all of Berlin – is 1144.9 (previous day: 1117.2) – the traffic light is RED.
► The seven-day hospitalization incidence is 18.4 (previous day: 18.6) – the traffic light is RED.
This indicator shows how many people per 100,000 inhabitants were hospitalized after a corona infection within a week. The indicator is green when the value is below 4. From 4 the traffic light switches to yellow, at 8 to red.
► The utilization of the intensive care beds by corona patients is 10.0 percent (previous day: 10.9 percent) – the traffic light is YELLOW.
The yellow limit here is 5 percent, and this traffic light also turns red at 20 percent.