The number of people who died from Covid-19 in Germany has risen to over 8,000. More than 175,000 infections have been confirmed so far. An overview of the current number of cases.
Berlin (dpa) - More than 175,500 infections with the corona virus have been registered nationwide by Tuesday afternoon (previous day at 4:00 p.m .: more than 175,000 infections).
At least 8036 people infected with the pathogen Sars-CoV-2 have reportedly died nationwide so far (previous day at 4 p.m .: 7960). This is the result of an evaluation by the German Press Agency, which takes into account the latest figures from the federal states.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the number of reproductions, or R-value for short, was 0.91 on Monday (data status at 5/18 0:00). This means that each infected person infects a little less than another person on average. The R value shows the infection process approximately one and a half weeks beforehand.
Since Thursday, the RKI has also given a so-called 7-day R. It refers to a longer period and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations. According to RKI estimates, this value was 0.82. It shows the infection process 8 to 16 days ago.
According to the RKI, around 155,700 people in Germany survived the infection. As for other countries, experts also expect a high number of unreported cases in Germany.
According to the statistics of the federal states, Bavaria has particularly high numbers of registered infections with more than 45,900 cases and at least 2,331 deaths, North Rhine-Westphalia with more than 36,400 cases and at least 1,524 deaths and Baden-Württemberg with more than 34,000 confirmed cases and at least 1,664 deaths. The time when a new daily status is reported varies from state to state as well as from day to day.
Based on 100,000 inhabitants, Bavaria has the most infections with a value of 351.5. The national average was 211.1. However, the number of tests carried out per 100,000 inhabitants varies in the federal states.
Table: Infection numbers by federal states
RKI figures
Daily RKI site reports with further figures
RKI dashboard with number of recovered people