Corona rules: Critical reference value will be lowered - More than 50 districts are threatened with stricter rules

51 German urban and rural districts are threatened with stricter corona rules.

Due to the increasing number of infections, politicians are lowering the decisive benchmark.

• The corona numbers in Germany are increasing rapidly *.

• Now the federal government wants to reduce the incidence value * - so that stricter rules can apply locally.

• A total of 51 urban and rural districts would be affected by the adjustment.

Berlin - The

are rising and rising.

On Wednesday, the Federal Republic recorded more than 5,000 new infections and more and more urban and rural districts exceeded the critical mark of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

This development is worrying because

is no longer limited to individual hotspots such as

or

, but is spreading throughout the whole of Germany.

Corona in Germany: Why is Lower Saxony one of the most affected places?

If you look at the number of cases, it is noticeable that certain federal states are more affected by Covid-19.

In contrast to the start of the pandemic,

is now hit

harder and harder.

The city of

and the districts of

,

,

and

exceed the corona warning level.

But why is the situation in the

largest state

after

so tense?

As in many other countries, there has been an increase in the number of infections

in

since the summer

.

It has been observed that smaller local outbreaks in businesses or care facilities such as a bakery in Bentheim lead to new infections across the board.

The fact that the numbers are increasing so rapidly in a more rural area is somewhat diffuse.

In addition, there is

a corona hotspot in

in the immediate vicinity.

The Hanseatic city currently has an incidence value of 79.3.

The common border with the

a role.

The neighboring provinces of

,

and

are currently considered

due to the high number of cases

.

The increased values ​​in the

and in

can be explained by outbreaks in slaughterhouses.

Both companies affected belong to the Tönnies group.

Corona in Germany: Berlin acts "on the verge of no longer controllability"

Meanwhile, the situation in

remains extremely precarious

.

A record number of new infections was reported on Tuesday with 706 new cases.

Especially the

and

are causing concern at the moment.

values ​​of up to 161.1 cast the capital in a bad light.

The criticism of the politicians responsible is growing.

CSU boss

said last week that the situation was "on the verge of no longer controllability".

The "strange system" of district governments make it difficult to have a uniform 

.

Markus # Söder worries about #Berlin: The "strange system" of district governments complicates a uniform # Corona strategy.

The city is on a "dangerous threshold".

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- rbb Abendschau (@rbbabendschau) October 7, 2020

Corona in Germany: Every third person in NRW lives in a risk area

The situation at the moment seems to be worst in

.

Almost a dozen cities in the

metropolitan area

exceed the

.

The situation in the big cities around

and

is getting worse.

Because more and more places are

cracking

the

,

almost 6.2 million

of the around 18 million inhabitants of

, i.e. almost

,

currently

live

in a

.

Prime Minister

(CDU) is nevertheless optimistic that a shutdown of social and economic life can be avoided.

"It may be possible that we can experience Christmas without a lockdown," he told ntv.

Corona in Germany: There are corona hotspots in eleven federal states

NRW

,

,

and furthermore

:

The situation is particularly tense in these areas, as a look at the urban and rural districts shows, which are currently exceeding the critical mark of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

Incidentally, the incidence in Germany is 31.0.

Urban and rural districts in which the seven-day incidence is over 50 (source: RKI dashboard, as of October 14, 5:30 p.m.) **

North Rhine-Westphalia

: SK Herne (95.2), SK Solingen (71.0), LK Recklinghausen (70.7), SK Cologne (70.4), SK Leverkusen (67.4), SK Hamm (66.1 ), SK Wuppertal (63.4), SK Hagen (56.2), SK Düsseldorf (55.6), SK Duisburg (55.5), LK Mettmann (54.4), LK Unna (54.4), LK Olpe (53.7), SK Essen (51.1)

Bavaria

: LK Regen (84.0), LK Berchtesgadener Land (72.7), SK Rosenheim (67.7), LK Fürstenfeldbruck (62.0), LK Rottal-Inn (57.6), SK Schweinfurt (52, 4), SK Memmingen (52.2), SK Munich (52.1)

Berlin

: Neukölln (161.1), Mitte (112.5), Tempelhof-Schöneberg (93.9) Reinickendorf (73.9), Spandau (67.4), Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (61.0), Steglitz-Zehlendorf (51.0)

Lower Saxony

: LK Cloppenburg (99.0), SK Delmenhorst (96.7), LK Vechta (58.8), LK Emsland (51.7), LK Oldenburg (50.4)

Hesse

: SK Offenbach (84.4) SK Frankfurt am Main (71.0,) LK Groß-Gerau (61.7), LK Main-Taunus-Kreis (53.7)

Baden-Württemberg

: LK Esslingen (77.6), SK Stuttgart (69.7)

Rhineland-Palatinate

: LK Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (115.1),

SK Mainz (54.9)

Saarland

: LK Sankt Wendel (97.7)

Saxony

: LK Erzgebirgskreis (52.2)

Thuringia

: LK Eichsfeld (54.0)

Bremen

: Hanseatic City of Bremen (79.3)

Corona in Germany: Federal government is negotiating an incidence benchmark: 51 districts are threatened with stricter rules

The times when the

in the country could be counted on one hand are definitely over.

The current development presents politicians with major challenges.

How can a further increase be avoided?

The federal government currently sees the answer in additional restrictions for particularly endangered areas.

The critical limit from which restrictions apply to private celebrations and public events was redefined on Wednesday evening.

New measures could already be taken with 35 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

A corresponding plan had already leaked on the sidelines of the Bund-Länder meeting in Berlin and was confirmed by Chancellor Angela Merkel that evening after long negotiations.

Meanwhile, the

“new

” is having an immediate impact on the whole country.

Many urban and rural districts are currently between 35 and 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

According to the new definition, they are also considered a

.

According to the latest information from the Robert Koch Institute *, more than 50 districts are specifically affected.

Urban and rural districts in which the seven-day incidence is between 35 and 50 (source: RKI dashboard, as of October 14: 5:30 p.m.) **

North Rhine-Westphalia

: LK Rhein-Erft-Kreis (49.3), SK Gelsenkirchen (48.1), LK City Region Aachen (47.7), SK Bochum (47.6), SK Remscheid (46.7), SK Mühlheim an der Ruhr (44.5), SK Dortmund (42.8), LK Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (41.9), SK Bonn (38.5), LK Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (38.1), LK Warendorf (37.4), Gütersloh District (36.2),

Bavaria

: LK Schweinfurt (48.5), LK Ebersberg (48.0), SK Augsburg (45.9), LK Rosenheim (42.1) SK Nürnberg (40.3), SK Weiden in der Oberpfalz (39.8 ), SK Ingolstadt (39.3), LK Unterallgäu (38.5), LK Munich (37.9), LK Tirschenreuth (37.5), SK Regensburg (35.9)

Baden-Württemberg

: SK Mannheim (48.3), LK Tübingen (47.7), SK Heilbronn (47.4), SK Baden-Baden (47.1), LK Tuttlingen (45.5), LK Schwäbisch Hall ( 42.2), LK Ludwigsburg (45.1), SK Pforzheim (38.1), LK Reutlingen (36.6)

Hesse

: District Marburg-Biedenkopf (46.1), SK Wiesbaden (43.1), District Offenbach (43.0), SK Darmstadt (42.5), District Hochtaunuskreis (39.3), SK Kassel (37.1 ), LK Werra-Meißner district (35.8)

Lower Saxony

: LK Grafschaft Bentheim (49.6), LK Wesermarsch (47.4), LK Osnabrück (42.2), LK Leer (39.8)

Rhineland-Palatinate

: LK Neuwied (49.8), LK Mainz-Bingen (40.7), LK Kaiserslautern (37.7), LK Bad Dürkheim (35.4)

Saarland

: LK Merzig-Wadern (46.5), LK Neunkirchen (45.7)

Berlin

: Pankow (45.3)

Brandenburg

: LK Oder-Spree (43.1)

The federal states of

,

,

,

,

and

(Bremerhaven) would not be affected by the adjustment of the critical value.

A total of 51 other urban and rural districts, however, threaten to tighten the measures.

In corresponding areas there is an earlier curfew for bars with a possible alcohol ban and an expansion of the

.

It now also applies wherever people come together closer or longer.

Stricter contact regulations are also associated with the adjustment.

** The information relates to the dashboard of the Robert Koch Institute.

In rare cases it may happen that the numbers reported by the respective cities differ from those of the RKI.

The city of Bonn put the incidence at around 43.0 instead of 38.5.

This is due to different counting methods and sometimes delayed processes on the reporting channel.

List of rubric lists: © Screenshot RKI dashboard