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Corona: RKI reports a gigantic drop in the number of cases in Germany - and now admits breakdown

2021-01-18T10:47:08.027Z


On Monday morning, the RKI reported surprising new numbers. Is that a positive trend? A previously unknown corona mutation was discovered in Bavaria. All the news about the coronavirus in Germany.


On Monday morning, the RKI reported surprising new numbers.

Is that a positive trend?

A previously unknown corona mutation was discovered in Bavaria.

All the news about the coronavirus in Germany.

  • The

    coronavirus

    * is also spreading in

    Germany

    .

    A previously

    unknown corona mutation

    has been discovered in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavaria)

    (update from January 18, 8:50 a.m.).

  • "

    Zero Covid

    " - Leipzig epidemiologist considers the goal to be "not feasible"

    (update from January 18, 8.25 am)

    .

  • In the number of corona

    infections

    * and

    deaths

    , a trend reversal is

    emerging

    after record values

    (update from January 18, 6:40 a.m.)

    .

  • This

    news ticker

    is updated regularly.

Update from January 18, 10:33 a.m

.: As reported by the

Bild

newspaper, citing an

RKI spokeswoman

, the

number of cases reported

by the institute

for Germany on Monday are incorrect

.

7,141 had been counted within one day, the Robert Koch Institute said on Monday morning.

This was the lowest value since October 20.

In addition, 214 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours.

In the situation report on Sunday evening, the RKI made great

hopes for an improvement in the corona in Germany

: "After a sharp increase in the number of cases at the beginning of December, a decrease during the holidays and a renewed increase in the first week of January, the number of cases seem to be stabilizing again."

This hope now threatens to be nullified, because the data are incomplete according to the report!

One is currently checking what the reason for the

few reports

from

Bavaria

or

Rhineland-Palatinate

are, said a spokeswoman for the institute in the morning.

Also,

Schleswig-Holstein

reported strikingly low numbers.

Covid-19 situation in Germany

RKI case numbers Monday, January 18, 2021

RKI case numbers Monday.

11th January

New coronavirus infections within 24 hours

7. 141 new corona infections

12,497 new corona infections

Corona deaths

214 more deaths

343 more deaths

active corona cases in Germany

302,300 active corona cases

334,800 active corona cases

Incomplete data?

The data is checked according to the RKI

No data were available for the state of Brandenburg on January 11th.

Update from January 18, 10:08 a.m

.: The detected

corona mutations continue to

challenge Germany.

Health Minister Jens Spahn announces that

old corona samples from December

will be sequenced.

Especially if there was contact with Great Britain during an infection.

On top of that,

Sars-CoV-2 viruses are

now to be increasingly sequenced and then transmitted to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

In the current situation, the nationwide network of laboratories is not sufficient to determine “where known and unknown virus mutations appear,” stresses Spahn.

Five percent of all corona samples are to be

gene sequenced

in the future

, a new regulation now regulates this.

According to Spahn, the laboratories receive an expense allowance.

"We want to know how strong the virus is and how it is changing," said Spahn in his statement to the press.

In order to get a better picture, there is now this regulation.

The corona mutations that were discovered in Germany come from "travel activities from Great Britain and South Africa," said Spahn.

Update January 18, 9:32

: The

Corona-case numbers

on Monday are according to experience lower than on other weekdays.

But the

Robert Koch Institute

(RKI) has reported the

lowest corona increase

in

three months

(see also update from January 18, 6:40 a.m.)

.

On October 20, 2020, the number of corona cases was at this level.

The numbers seem to be going down, that's good

Health Minister Jens Spahn

The numbers seem to be falling, that's good,

” said Health Minister Jens Spahn on Monday in the ARD “morning magazine”.

The measures against the spread of the virus worked.

"But we are still a long way from where we want to and have to go." Further efforts in the fight against the corona pandemic are required.

The health minister confirmed before the next Corona crisis summit of federal and state on Tuesday that

curfews

are being discussed.

These are "obviously part of the debate".

This is a synonym for the fact that contacts in the private sector should be reduced as much as possible.

Spahn called on the citizens to support tough measures:

"Now for another two to three weeks everyone together."

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the heads of government of the federal states want to discuss how to proceed in the pandemic on Tuesday (January 19).

An extension of the existing lockdown until February, but also further tightening of the measures are under discussion.

Unknown virus mutation discovered in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavaria)

Update from January 18, 8:50 a.m.:

A

new mutation of

the

coronavirus * was

discovered in the

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Clinic

.

One that was not even known to the experts in the laboratory of the well-known virologist

Christian Drosten

in Berlin's Charité.

"Zero Covid" - Leipzig epidemiologist considers goal "not feasible"

Update from January 18, 8.25 a.m .:

Prof.

Markus Scholz

, epidemiologist at the University of Leipzig, does not consider the goal of the “

Zero Covid

initiative

to reduce

corona infections

to zero

through a complete

shutdown

to

be feasible

.

It is not feasible that there really are no more contacts, said Scholz of the dpa.

Certain basic supplies simply have to be available.

In addition, it still didn't work anywhere to

eradicate

the

coronavirus

within

two weeks

- not even in

China

, where there were toughest restrictions at the beginning of 2020.

For the corona hotspot

Saxony

,

Scholz

predicted

that the target value of 50 for the

7-day incidence

could be reached with the current rules by the

end of February at the earliest

.

This is the best case - in which the effects of the

virus mutation

from Great Britain have not yet been factored in, the epidemiologist said.

It is not yet possible to say exactly what risk the mutation actually poses.

Corona in Germany: RKI reports surprising new numbers

Update from January 18, 6.40 a.m.:

The German health authorities

reported

7141 new corona infections

to

the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

within one day - according to the

RKI,

the lowest value since October 20.

In addition,

214 new corona deaths were

recorded

in the past 24 hours

.

This value has not been so low since December 14th.

However, it should be noted that the number of cases recorded is usually lower on Mondays because, among other things, there is

less testing

on the weekend

.

  • 7,141 new corona infections

    and

    214 further deaths

    were reported to the RKI within 24 hours.

  • Since the beginning of the corona pandemic,

    2,040,659 people

    in Germany have been shown to have been

    infected

    with Sars-CoV-2

    .

  • So far,

    46,633 people

    have died

    with or from a corona infection.

  • The RKI estimates that

    there are currently around

    302,300 active corona cases in Germany

    .

    1,691,700 are classified as "Covid-19 recovered".

"After a sharp increase in the number of cases at the beginning of December, a decrease during the holidays and a renewed increase in the first week of January, the

number of cases

seems to

be stabilizing again,

" said the

RKI

in its management report on Sunday evening.

The

7-day incidence

across

Germany was

134.4

on Monday morning

.

The highest incidences are currently Thuringia with 274.2 and Saxony with 244.9.

Bremen has the lowest value with 86.6.

Corona in Germany: R value jumps up

Update from January 17, 8:57 p.m.:

The

R value in Germany

makes a jump up for the third time in a row.

On Sunday it rose again over the important limit of 1. According to the current situation report of the RKI it is

1.07

(previous day 0.99).

At least the

7-day R-value

remains

below

0.93

.

The death toll remains depressing.

317 people

died from Saturday to Sunday after being infected with the coronavirus.

This

brings

the total

death toll in Germany

to

46,819

.

The Robert Koch Institute recorded

12,860

new infections

.

Corona in Germany: Another two months lockdown?

Expert explains violent forecast

Update from January 17, 4:48 p.m.:

The

corona numbers

would have to drop significantly,

tests

should be carried out

intensively and the

vaccinations

accepted and carried out successfully, warns

epidemologist Hajo Zeeb

.

Otherwise, the

lockdown

will remain necessary for a long time, explains the

professor from the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research

at

ntv

.

"Since the last part (vaccination, dR) is still going on after the last news, I expect at least

another six to eight weeks

." Only if there is a clearly discernible

trend reversal in the number of infections

can any

relaxation be

discussed

at all

, he says, "but always with careful and well-monitored loosening. "

Corona in Germany: RKI publishes current infection numbers - further measure apparently in discussion

Update from January 17, 1:45 p.m.:

The

RKI

reported

13,882 new corona infections

within 24 hours and

445 Covid-19 deaths

on Sunday

.

So far 2,033,518 people in Germany have been infected with the virus, 46,419 have died as a result.

The average

7-day incidence

, which politicians believe should be reduced to 50 for extensive easing, is 136. Thuringia has the highest value with 274.3, ahead of Saxony (252.6) and Saxony-Anhalt (225 , 7).

Schleswig-Holstein (86.2), Bremen (86.3) and Lower Saxony (91.5) have double-digit values.

Update from January 17, 10:35

a.m.:

The

FFP2 mask requirement in retail and public transport in Bavaria

was apparently just the beginning.

As the

picture

reports, the

Deutsche Bahn

is also checking

whether a specification for employees and passengers on the trains can be implemented.

Accordingly, the company had already ordered

ten million masks

by April

.

For customers, the new compulsory clothing could be

offered for sale at service points

, but not on the trains themselves. Incidentally, the train is planning a unit price of 1.59 euros - mind you when purchasing.

It is also being considered to

"shut down"

the

current timetable

.

At the top of the cross-off list are

international routes to high-risk areas

.

Short-time working is also not excluded.

Update from January 16, 9:42 p.m .:

"After a

sharp increase in the number of cases

at the beginning of December, a decline during the holidays and a renewed increase in the first week of January, the number of cases seems to be

stabilizing

again

,

" writes the

Robert Koch Institute

(RKI) in his situation report from Saturday evening.

The German health authorities

reported

18,678 new corona infections

to

the RKI

within one day.

This increased the number of cases that have become known since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,019,636, as the RKI announced on Saturday.

According to the RKI report on Saturday, the

nationwide

seven-day R-value

was

0.95

(previous day: 0.99).

This means that 100 infected people


theoretically infect 95 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

.

Corona virus in Germany: Police in Mannheim are breaking up two birthday parties

Update from January 16, 5:06 p.m.:

In

Mannheim

, the police broke up a

birthday party

with

27 guests

last Friday

.

Witnesses noticed a large number of visitors in the stairwell, after which they informed the officers.

When they arrived, the police met

the organizers and 27 guests

in the

4-room apartment

, including five children.

After the evictions were issued, the visitors left the celebration.

You now have to

answer

for

violations of the Corona regulation

.

But the officials in Mannheim were on the move on Friday evening.

Because in the Käfertal district a

second birthday party

with a total of

23 people

had to be dissolved.

The celebrations took place in a two-room apartment in an apartment building.

In this case too, dismissals were issued and

reports filed

.

Corona in Germany: the number of infected people remains high, but more free intensive care beds again

Update from January 16, 2:43 p.m.:

In the fight against the

coronavirus

, the number of new infections and deaths is still high.

But how many

Corona

* infected people

currently need intensive medical treatment?

The hospitals in Germany are still a long way from being over the mountain.

But:

“The direction is right!

“Confirmed the President of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (

Divi

),

Gernot Marx

in a

world

interview.

For the first time since

December 19,

the numbers are currently

below 5000

intensive care patients.

Opposite the

Funke media group

, Marx brought a possible target mark into play on Friday as a condition for relaxation.

These should only come when the situation has eased significantly.

"The number of

intensive care

supplied

Covid-19 sufferers

need for nationwide stable and clear

than 1000 patients

are."

Corona in Germany: Numbers crack one million mark - Lauterbach's observations lead to triage debate

First report from January 16:

Berlin - The communities reported

around

18,678 new coronavirus infections to

the

Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

on Saturday

.

That is about 6,000 fewer cases than last Saturday.

The day before, the number of new infections was even higher at 22,368 cases, and the numbers are falling.

Meanwhile, the number of total

corona cases

in Germany has reached a new mark: In the meantime,

over two million people have officially been

infected

since the beginning of

the pandemic

.

The recent

deaths

illustrate the scale of the

pandemic

: Since the start in Germany

45,974 people from infection with SARS-CoV-2

*

died

.

A Twitter user illustrates the extent of this number.

He wrote on Friday: Now the number of deaths is higher than the number of residents of Oberursel in Hesse.

I hope this example makes the number of those who have died so far a little more tangible! ”The

980 corona

*

deaths

reported to

the

RKI

*

on Saturday in the

last 24 hours

do not reach the maximum value in the last few days.

(Thursday: 1244)

Now the number of deaths (46,570) is higher than the number of residents of #Oberursel in #Hessen (46,545 residents, as of December 31, 2019).


I hope this example makes the number of those who have died so far more tangible! Https: //t.co/FdLSJZtneH

- Saŝa K. (@silberbogen) January 15, 2021

The

numbers of deaths and infections

often seem too

abstract

to really understand the pandemic, emphasized the Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx.

He explained to the dpa that it is often only through a personal life story or a death in one's own environment that “this is really about life and death, about personal fates, about hope and fear, longing and fear”.

Coronavirus in German nursing homes - does “triage” take place outside the intensive care unit?

On Saturday, a clip by

Karl Lauterbach started

a

discussion

on life and death

on Twitter

.

Thursday's video was shared and debated under the heading of triage.

As a guest at Maybrit Illner, the

SPD

politician

emphasized

:

“The people who are now

fighting for their lives

in the

intensive care unit

: Sadly, this is rarely someone who comes out of the nursing home.

Most of these people do not even come to the intensive care unit.

They die in the

nursing homes

. ”If all the people from the nursing homes were to come to the intensive care units, according to Lauterbach, the intensive care units would have long been overcrowded.

Even with the best care, people died there.

Instead of fighting for older people, you are fighting for baby boomers with high-risk diseases.

Lauterbach

already

indicates

triage in the facilities

.

While many users support the SPD politician's statement, some also put it into perspective,

equating

his statement with the term “

triage

”.

Many sufferers would already die before they manage to a hospital or to no treatment it: "I think there are also

advance directives

play an important role.

If someone over 80 does not want any life-prolonging measures, it has nothing to do with triage, ”said a Twitter user.

It is clear that the situation remains tense, falling numbers still do not provide relief.

Furthermore, new

tightening

for the

corona lockdown

* in Germany is expected.

A simulation also shows that the current measures may not be sufficient.

In order to improve the overview of the infection process,

coronavirus rapid

tests * should also be carried out by dentists and pharmacies in the future.

This emerges from a regulation of the

Ministry

of

Health

, which is available to the German Press Agency.

(vs) *

Merkur.de and tz.de are part of the Ippen-Digital network.

Source: merkur

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