Corona numbers in Germany suddenly rose to May level: Two federal states particularly affected

Germany is in the Corona crisis. The new Covid-19 infections reach a new high - Markus Söder has to take criticism after a test failure. The news ticker.

• The  coronavirus pandemic * has been  determining life in Germany for months  .
• The number of new corona infections continues to rise. Two federal states are particularly affected.
• The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has to take severe criticism after a test breakdown .
• Here you will find the basic facts about the  coronavirus * and a map with the current number of cases in  Germany .

Munich - The coronavirus pandemic continues to keep Germany in suspense. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) , the health authorities reported 1445 new corona infections within one day by Wednesday evening . The numbers have thus risen to the highest level since the beginning of May, when the value was 1639 new infections registered. The RKI announced : "This trend is worrying." A significant increase is currently noticeable in the two federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg . These are particularly affected. "A further worsening of the situation must be avoided at all costs," warned the RKI .

Corona in Germany: glitch when transmitting test results in Bavaria

The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has to take severe criticism after the test breakdown in Bavaria . On Wednesday afternoon, Bavaria's Minister of Health Melanie Huml announced in Munich that 44,000 travelers returning from tests in Bavaria had not yet received a result, including 900 people who were proven to be infected .

Errors in corona test centers: that is very, very annoying. This must be fixed immediately and must not happen again. All structures are to be checked immediately. Unfortunately, I have to cancel my visit to the North Sea. Bavaria goes first.

The infected should receive information about their findings by Thursday noon. The delays are mainly due to problems with the manual transmission of data and an unexpectedly high use of the offer , explained the State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) .

Corona in Germany: Söder has to take criticism after the test breakdown

The failure in the transmission of corona test results met with heavy criticism among the opposition parties in the federal government . Alexander Graf Lambsdorff , the vice-president of the FDP parliamentary group, tweeted last night and attacked Söder by name. “Where is Söder? Otherwise always ahead, he now sends his Minister of Health. Embarrassing, "wrote the 53-year-old. He added: "Failure to inform 900 positive corona testers is physical harm to those who infect them."

1. Where is # Söder? Otherwise always ahead, he now sends his Minister of Health. Embarrassing.
2. Much worse: Not informing 900 positive # Corona-tested people is # bodily harm to those who infect them. #Bayern @CSU https://t.co/eijWLcios5

The leader of the Greens in the Bavarian state parliament, Ludwig Hartmann , spoke on Twitter of a shock message for Germany , which scratched the nimbus of the smug crisis manager Söder . "Ironically, the Bavarian CSU-FW government lets 900 potential super spreaders unsuspectingly travel across the country," he added. The Federal Managing Director of the Greens , Michael Kellner , agreed with him: "This is the result of a CSU policy that relies on show instead of substance."

This is the result of a #CSU policy that focuses on show instead of substance. #Schlendrian https://t.co/MOr1KwLNa9

Coronavirus in Germany. Budes Health Minister Spahn is reluctant to comment on the test breakdown

Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn expressed himself in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin” rather cautiously about the test breakdown . “Prime Minister Markus Söder himself said it was very annoying. That is without a doubt. At the same time, mistakes happen in extraordinary times, ”said the CDU politician. It is crucial that the errors are made transparent and quickly corrected. That is what the Bavarian state government does . The Federal Minister of Health added: “Basically, I am very grateful that we are testing comprehensively, so that the Bavarians also make it possible, for example, to test at rest stops when entering the country by car. But then of course the results also have to be transmitted. "

Meanwhile, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) also made a mistake  and that of all things during a tricky phase of the  corona pandemic in Germany . The institute first published a position paper on Wednesday with the optimistic prognosis that such a vaccine could be available by autumn - it then had to withdraw these statements: The paper was no longer up to date and was only accidentally published on the Internet, said the institute opposite several media in the evening

A “very annoying mistake” was made during publication, a spokeswoman told the editorial network in Germany. "The published paper is a completely out-of-date version, which has since been revised several times and was not intended for publication."

The RKI expressly does not assume that a corona vaccine could be available by autumn, the spokeswoman clarified. The institute has since deleted the paper and will publish a current version of the position paper shortly.

Coronavirus in Germany: First school in Berlin closes again

The first school in Berlin opens shortly after the summer vacationclosed again due to a possible corona case . A teacher stated that she had tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 , the district announced on Thursday. The confirmation of the health department is still pending. The RBB had previously  reported. "It is a precautionary, probably one-day closure of this one school," said the Senate Department for Education on Thursday. Classes in Berlin had started on Monday - with no minimum distance , but with a mask requirement in school buildings, except in the classroom and hygiene concept. The move was highly controversial. (ph) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital network

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