The Robert Koch Institute now lists the corona dead in Germany in detail. The numbers provide clear insights into the coronavirus pandemic.
- Corona virus pandemic in Germany: RKI lists corona deaths in detail.
- Covid 19 deaths * surveys show clear insights and trends.
- There are huge differences between different age groups.
Munich - It is a much tried cliché in the corona crisis * : Coronavirus * kills mostly older people. This sentence can be heard again and again in public. But what's really on it?
Corona deaths in Germany: RKI lists numbers in detail
In the meantime, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) meticulously lists the number of fatalities who died from or with Covid 19 disease. A look at the management report from June 1 helps to understand.
The findings of the evaluations are clear: According to this, 86 percent of the corona deaths were 70 years or older. However , according to surveys, their share of the total corona cases is "only 19 percent", as the RKI announced .
Corona deaths in Germany: Covid-19 in particular dies over the age of 80
Means: The ratio of fatalities with Covid 19 disease to the number of infections is significantly higher than in other age groups.
Even more: Almost three quarters of the Corona dead over 70 years were 80 years and older. The average age is 82 years. Between the ages of 0 and 29, twelve people in Germany died of Covid-19 by June 1 .
Corona virus in Germany: more men among corona deaths than women
"So far, three COVID-19 deaths in under-20s have been reported to the RKI . The deceased were between the ages of three and 18, all of them had previous illnesses, ”the management report continues.
Men reported 55 percent of coronavirus deaths *, women 45 percent. By June 1, a total of at least 8,511 people had died of corona in Germany , 4.7 percent of the confirmed Covid-19 cases .
The rise in deaths in Germany in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic had recently slowed significantly despite the nationwide easing of the exit restrictions.
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* merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network
