A red warning can be seen on the display of a smartphone with the Corona-Warn-App (symbol image) Photo: jspil
From BZ/dpa
The corona incidence in Berlin was 466 on Thursday. This was announced by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
A week ago, the number of officially registered new infections per 100,000 people in seven days was 288. For all of Germany, the RKI gave the current value at just under 794. Here, too, there has been a significant increase in the last few days.
However, the incidence does not provide a complete picture of the infection situation. Experts assume a high number of cases not recorded by the RKI – mainly because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics.
According to the RKI data, 3485 new infections were reported for Berlin within one day. The total number of cases registered since the beginning of the pandemic in spring 2020 has risen to almost 1.3 million. A new death was registered.
According to official statistics, there have been a total of 4,854 deaths in Berlin related to corona infections.
According to the situation report in Berlin, the hospitalization incidence – that is the hospital admissions of patients with corona infection within seven days – was 16, which means red at the so-called corona traffic light. The occupancy of the intensive care units with Covid patients was given as 4.9 percent, which was still in the green.
As of Wednesday, there were 875 patients with corona disease or infection in Berlin hospitals, 53 of whom were treated in intensive care units. Two weeks ago there were 526 patients with corona and 41 in intensive care units.