BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has now reported a slight increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence after several days of decline. The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Thursday morning as 1174.1. The previous day the value was 1171.9. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1265.0 (previous month: 1283.2).
The health authorities in Germany reported 210,673 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This emerges from figures published by the RKI on its website. A week ago there were 216,322 infections.
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 estimates by the laboratory association ALM, 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, 267 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 243 deaths. The RKI has counted 15,264,297 proven 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.
The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 6.14 according to the RKI on Wednesday (Tuesday: 5.93). Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.
The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 123,505./poi/DP/eas