The number of infections with the coronavirus in Germany continues to rise.
The death toll related to Covid-19 is particularly high in January.
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The
coronavirus * is
spreading
more and more
in
Germany
and the world.
Another sad
Corona record * was
cracked
(original message from January 14th)
.
Is there a threat of an even harder
lockdown *
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Update January 16, 7:08:
In Germany within a day more than 18,000 people with the
coronavirus
infected.
The health authorities reported
18,678 new cases to
the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
, as the RKI announced on Saturday morning.
This increased the number of cases that have become known since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,019,636 (as of January 16, 00:00 a.m.)
The previous day, 22,368 new infections were reported.
It should be noted that the actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, since many infections are not recognized.
980 new deaths
were also
reported
within 24 hours
.
The number of new infections reported to the health authorities within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) was 139.2 on Saturday morning.
Its previous high was reached on December 22nd at 197.6.
However, the differences between the federal states are currently large: Thuringia has the highest incidences with 268.3 and Saxony with 255.8.
Bremen has the lowest value with 80.0.
Nationwide, the 7-day incidence has
fallen slightly
in the past few days, according to
RKI data
from Friday.
According to the RKI report on Friday, the nationwide seven-day R-value was 0.99 (previous day: 1.02).
This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 99 more people.
The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago.
If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides.
Update from January 15, 10:22 p.m.:
In order to
master the situation
in the
corona pandemic
, the
Robert Koch Institute
wants to
tighten the quarantine regulations.
The recommendation concerns the mutated
coronavirus
variants as they have been detected in Great Britain and South Africa.
The RKI's plan stipulates that people who have come into contact with mutations
must be in quarantine for two weeks.
In addition, contact persons should not be able to shorten the domestic isolation
.
The RKI recommends this to health authorities, writes
Der Spiegel
.
So far,
contact persons
have been able to
shorten
the
quarantine
if they are symptom-free and test negative after ten days.
The
health authorities
should also give
priority to contact tracing if there is a suspicion of
infection
with a
mutated corona variant
.
"The aim is to use the recommendations consistently to prevent
chains of
infection from the new variants," an
RKI
spokeswoman
told
Spiegel
.
Corona in Germany: New statistics show enormous excess mortality - hospital stops admitting patients
Update from January 15, 6:00 p.m.:
An outbreak of the
corona virus
in Schleswig-Holstein has now even
paralyzed
a
hospital
.
As the
North Friesland
Health Department
announced, no new patients will be admitted to the
Husum
and
Niebüll
hospitals
until January 21
.
After several employees tested positive for the
corona virus
in the past few days
, 54 clinic employees are now in
quarantine
at home
.
Coronavirus in Germany: Hospitals in North Frisia are no longer accepting patients
But the district office's
quarantine
orders go even further.
Everyone who has been in the
hospital
in
Husum
or
Niebül
since January 4
, must now also
go to
quarantine
at home.
Regardless of whether you are an employee, patient or visitor.
A total of around 1500 people are affected by the quarantine.
Those responsible now want to have up to 1000 clinic employees tested over the weekend.
North Friesland
District Administrator Florian Lorenzen told the
NDR
: "This is the only chance to
contain
the spread of the
virus
."
Update from January 15, 3:40 p.m
.: Huge setback:
Germany
has to take
the next damper
with the
vaccinations against the corona
virus.
A large vaccine shipment from
Pfizer
is
said to have been canceled
.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: excess mortality around Christmas
Update from January 15, 2:15 p.m.:
Dying in the
coronavirus pandemic in Germany
continues unchecked.
In the week before Christmas,
24 percent or 4568 more people died
in
Germany
than the average in previous years.
The
Federal Statistical Office
in Wiesbaden announced this Friday.
Accordingly, a total of at least 23,550 people died in Germany from December 14 to 20.
As the
Federal Statistical Office
further announced, the number of deaths in the previous week was 25 percent above the average for the years 2016 to 2019.
The increase in mortality could be related to the increasing number of
corona deaths in Germany
since October
, it said.
In
Saxony
in particular,
excess mortality is noticeable around Christmas.
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Update from January 15, 1:45 p.m.:
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: Politicians are constantly demanding compliance with the
corona distance rules
.
But
real shock photos
from
Sylt *
are published (see link).
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Federal President Steinmeier calls for home office
Update from January 15, 12.45 p.m.: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD)
has called on companies and employees, together with the social partners, to
do
more
home offices
in the
Corona crisis
.
“Wherever possible”, contacts should also be reduced in working life, said Steinmeier this Friday.
"Our joint appeal to companies, HR managers and executives: make it possible to work from home." That is "not always ideal", but "certainly protects against infection".
Update from January 15, 11:45 a.m
.: The next
Prime Minister's
Conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
on the
coronavirus pandemic in Germany
will be brought forward to Tuesday, January 19, and will therefore take place earlier than originally planned.
Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said this Friday.
At the federal-state meeting, Merkel will discuss a further
tightening of the Covid-19 lockdown
in the Federal Republic
with the heads of government of the states
.
According to various reports, the Chancellor is to push for uniform rules between the federal states.
Corona lockdown: take part and vote
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Over two million people have been infected with Corona
Update from January 15, 10:05 a.m.:
Over two million people in Germany have already been
infected
with the
corona
virus.
The Robert Koch Institute reported on Friday morning alone
again
22,368 new corona infections
within 24 hours.
In addition
, 1,113 people died
in connection with the virus.
In particular, the virus mutations are increasingly causing scientists and politicians to worry, which is why the next Corona summit with Angela Merkel may take place next week.
"We need more test sites that can recognize the mutation," said Bavaria's Prime Minister
Markus Söder
(CSU) to the newspapers of the
Funke media group.
So far it is largely unclear how far the apparently much more contagious
corona mutations
* are already spread in Germany.
"There is a possibility that the situation will get worse," said RKI boss Lothar Wieler
(see update from January 14, 10 a.m.)
on Thursday with a view to the possible spread of the corona variants.
Even stronger contact restrictions might then be necessary.
Germany would have "a huge problem" if the contagious variants spread further, said SPD politician
Karl Lauterbach
.
He calls for
companies to be
more closely involved in the lockdown.
"We should make the
home office
mandatory - wherever it is possible," he told the newspapers of the
Funke media group
.
They too would have to make a contribution to end the lockdown.
“Otherwise we may at some point be forced to shut down factories too.
We might even have to get closer to industrial production. ”Nobody could want that, Lauterbach made clear.
Corona in Germany: Discussion about FFP2 mask requirement and an early Corona summit
Update from January 14th, 9:30 p.m.:
From January 18,
an
FFP2 mask is mandatory
in public transport
in
Bavaria
to protect against
corona infections *
.
However, a doctor warns of the pitfalls that lurk when using face masks (see link).
Update from January 14th, 8:15 p.m.:
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
will be discussing how to proceed with the
corona pandemic
with the state ministers next week
.
This is reported by the
German Press Agency
and is based on participants in an online meeting of the CDU Presidium.
This pushes the date for the next Prime Minister's
Conference
in the
Covid 19 crisis
forward.
This was originally planned for January 25th.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: mega lockdown is on the horizon
Update from January 14th, 7.40 p.m
.: According to a media report,
Chancellor Angela Merkel
wants to
shut down
Germany completely
in the
corona pandemic
with a
mega lockdown
.
Which tough rules are planned - an overview.
Update from January 14th, 4:50 p.m
.: Unknown perpetrators have
quarantined
at least four people in the Minden-Lübbecke district (North Rhine-Westphalia) with fake official letters
.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Fake letter - unknown people send editor-in-chief into quarantine
"Two letters were sent to people in Minden, two in Porta Westfalica," as the police in the Minden-Lübbecke district said on Thursday.
The editor-in-chief of the
Mindener Tageblatt
, Benjamin Piel,
is among those contacted
.
The letterhead seemed strange to him, Piel told the German press agency.
According to Piel, the undersigned used an alias from SS doctor Josef Mengele
("Helmut Gregor").
The state security has taken over the investigation.
Several local politicians received letters, said the Bielefeld police.
According to the police, the letters seem quite real.
Only those who have already received mail from the district in East Westphalia during the corona pandemic would recognize the difference immediately, said a police spokesman.
What doesn't happen to you: Today I was apparently quarantined by the district - in fact it was a fake.
The forensics department was already there.
What crazy times ... # quarantine #coronazeit #minden #mt #mindenertageblatt pic.twitter.com/32TZbxTYvD
- Benjamin Piel (@benjamin_piel) January 14, 2021
Corona in Germany: Police and equestrian squadron - winter sports areas in North Rhine-Westphalia prepare for the weekend
Update from January 14th, 3:20 p.m.:
In
Sauerland and Eifel
, many ski and toboggan slopes, parking spaces and driveways remain closed even on weekends.
Although the great
traffic
chaos in the Hochsauerland did not repeat
itself
last weekend, one is preparing for a larger operation, said a police spokeswoman for the Hochsauerland district on Thursday.
As before, the district police will also be supported by the
cavalry
and riot police in order
to be able to react to
traffic problems
and to support the regulatory authorities in complying with the Corona requirements and securing closed slopes.
The
city of Winterberg
announced on Thursday that it wanted to maintain the
ban on entering the winter sports areas
.
A corresponding general decree still has to be approved by the state, said a spokeswoman for the city.
In Schmallenberg, too, closed slopes and parking spaces are intended to deter day-trippers from rushing to the wintry landscape.
In the Eifel community of Hellenthal, the security services announced that they would continue to be present.
Several parking spaces are blocked.
Reichshof with its Blockhaus-Belmicke winter sports area in the Oberbergischer Kreis also referred to the
15-kilometer rule that is now in force
in the
Corona hotspot
, which prohibits travel for leisure activities from further away.
Update from January 14th, 1:50 p.m.:
That the current
corona restrictions
do not please everyone should be clear in view of the increasing numbers of infections.
But a recalcitrant
mask refuser
showed his displeasure in a completely different way.
He had rioted at the police station in Cologne train station and spat at officials.
According to the Federal Police on
Thursday
, police officers had expelled the 25-year-old because they had met him for the second time without a mask in the train station after receiving a warning.
When the man
showed up
again shortly afterwards without
mouth and nose protection
, the
officers
wanted to take
him to the office.
Then the Mönchengladbacher clenched his fists, according to the information, kicked the police several times and spat on them.
He also said he did not rest on the guard and destroyed a mattress.
After the incident on Wednesday morning, he was taken into custody for the rest of the day.
The man is now being investigated for resistance to officials and property damage.
Meanwhile,
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn announced
that one percent of the German population had already been vaccinated against the corona virus.
Around 840,000 people have already received the vaccination in Germany.
Update from January 14, 10:40 a.m.:
In a few days it will also become clear how
Christmas has
affected the infection process in Germany.
Then all distortions will be lifted, it will then become clear whether an increase in the number of infections will be recorded through Christmas and the holidays.
RKI boss Wieler
predicted this
at the press conference on Thursday.
Corona in Germany: Virus mutation now also discovered in Brazil
Update from January 14th, 10:30 a.m.:
So far it is not clear whether the
virus mutation from South Africa is
more dangerous than the virus mutation from England.
But as the
RKI boss
explains, there is now a mutation from Brazil.
There will also be further mutations in the future.
Update from January 14, 2021, 10:20 a.m.: RKI boss Lothar Wieler
explains that the test numbers have decreased, especially during the Christmas season.
“That is not enough,” Wieler continues.
It is important that many people now take advantage of the vaccination offer.
The RKI boss also emphasizes that the current
lockdown is
not as effective as the one in spring.
In all areas there is still “room for improvement” in order to be more consistent.
This would also be reflected in the currently very high death rate.
It is possible to sharpen it.
"It is not that I am currently sleeping very well with these deaths," said Wieler.
The concepts must be implemented consistently in all retirement and nursing homes.
The
Robert Koch Institute
considers a further tightening of the
lockdown regulations
in Germany based on calculation models to be sensible.
The modeling shows that the rules that lead to fewer contacts need to be tightened, said Dirk Brockmann,
epidemiologist at the RKI,
on Thursday in Berlin.
"All models agree that this has to happen more massively and more effectively," he added.
“So that we come to a phase where the incidence is falling substantially and quickly.
That is the conclusion that you have to draw from the facts. ”RKI President Lothar Wieler spoke of an“ option ”with a view to stricter exit restrictions.
Update from January 14th, 10:10 am
: The capacities in the intensive care units are exhausted in many places.
"Some clinics are already running emergency programs so that they can treat all patients and emergency patients," said Wieler.
Much staff would be absent even because of an infection.
"We have to get the
virus
under control".
For this, mobility must also be restricted.
Prof. Dr.
Dirk Brockmann explains at the RKI press conference that mobility
carries
the
virus
from one place to another.
In this way, an
infection
could be carried
from one district to another.
Corona in Germany: RKI boss surprised with forecast - can the situation get worse?
Update from January 14, 2021, 10 a.m.:
The
RKI press conference
begins.
"We all want our everyday life back," the RKI boss explains right at the beginning.
Wieler is sure that the pandemic will be controllable at the end of the year.
For this, the infection numbers would have to be pressed.
“Protect yourself and protect others too.
Think about the health care system! ”Appeals Wieler.
Healthcare workers have been working at the limit for weeks, and there is often not even enough time for sleep.
Wieler emphasized at the
press conference
also that everyone that it was possible in the
home office
to work, to work from home.
For this there must be responsible employers.
"You can be contagious before you show symptoms," the RKI boss continues.
If meeting another person is unavoidable, it should take place in the fresh air if possible.
But here too, the AHA rules must be adhered to.
Unnecessary trips should also be avoided.
"A negative
test result
does not give any certainty," emphasizes Wieler.
"A negative test result does not mean that you can be completely unconcerned".
Accordingly, one could still be in the incubation period, a test could still be positive at a later time.
"There is a possibility that the situation will get worse," the RKI boss does not want to rule out.
The virus mutations in particular could cause this.
Because these mutations are a lot more contagious than the previously known Corona variant.
US researchers have now discovered two new coronavirus variants, reports Merkur.de *.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reacting with concern about the already known corona mutations.
Update from January 14, 2021, 9.40 a.m.:
In a press conference, RKI boss Prof. Dr.
Lothar Wieler from 10 a.m. on the current infection situation in Germany.
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Corona in Germany: RKI reports more deaths than ever before - but numbers cause confusion
Original message from January 14, 2021:
Berlin - The
corona
virus * continues to rage in
Germany and the world
, now a new high of
corona deaths
has apparently even been
reached
in
Germany
.
As the
Robert Koch Institute reported
on
Thursday morning
, citing the health authorities, there have been 1244 corona deaths in Germany within the past 24 hours.
But now the
RKI
is causing
confusion.
Coronavirus in Germany: RKI publishes a sad record - but numbers cause confusion
The previous sad Corona record was also very high last Friday with 1,188 people.
But shortly after the RKI published the
current figures
, they disappeared from the
homepage
.
In the meantime, some values, including the 1,244 corona deaths * in the past few hours, were no longer displayed.
As the dpa reports, the
RKI
has not yet been available for a statement.
In the morning, RKI boss Prof. Dr.
Lothar Wieler commented on the current infection situation in a press conference.
Corona in Germany: The number of new infections continues to rise rapidly
In parallel with the sad record of the Robert Koch Institute reported a total death toll of around 43,881 persons with or at the
Corona virus
have died.
According to the RKI, the
number of
infections in Germany is
increasing by a further 25,164 people.
According to official information, 1,978,590 people in Germany tested positive for the corona virus *.
The seven-day incidence * on Thursday is therefore 151.2.
The value is the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
The goal of the
federal government
is to push this value below 50.
* Merkur.de and tz.de are part of the Ippen-Digital network.
List of rubric lists: © STEFANIE LOOS / various sources / AFP