The nationwide seven-day incidence has fallen again. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week on Wednesday morning as 1171.9. For comparison: the day before the value was 1213.0. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1278.9 (previous month: 1227.5).
The health authorities in Germany reported 186,406 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This emerges from figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 8:59 a.m. A week ago there were 209,052 infections.
Not all infections are also recorded
Experts assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data. One reason is the limited capacity of health authorities, for example, and contacts are often only tracked to a limited extent. In addition, according to the ALM laboratory association, there is now a larger number of people whose infection is no longer confirmed by a PCR test – these infections are therefore not included in the official statistics.
According to the new information, 301 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 299 deaths.
The RKI has counted 15,053,624 detected 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.
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The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 5.93 (Monday: 6.08) according to the RKI on Tuesday. 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 Wednesday as 11,470,300. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 123,238.