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RKI names new corona numbers for Germany: Merkel with a bitter forecast - "Will be even longer ..."

2020-08-28T21:43:13.478Z


Why are the corona deaths in Germany not rising as much as the number of infections? A look at the statistics provides information.


Why are the corona deaths in Germany not rising as much as the number of infections? A look at the statistics provides information.

  • In Germany, the number of corona infections is rising again.
  • In relation to this, deaths from the Sars-CoV-2 virus remain relatively constant.
  • However, there has been a significant shift in statistics .

Update from August 28, 8:15 p.m.: This message should also cause a lot of stir with the federal government in Berlin .

Corona hammer from Budapest! Due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Hungary is closing its borders with Austria, among others. Even your own citizens - those who live in Germany , for example - have to adapt properly with a view to their home country.

#Hungary closes from Sept. 1 its limits for all foreigners, including EU citizens. When asked about d. current Corona traffic light regulation said Chancellery Minister G. Gulyás: "Hungary is green, everything else is red!"

- Ernst Gelegs (@Gelegs) August 28, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: number of corona cases more or less constant

Update from August 28, 7.15 p.m.: The number of new coronavirus infections every day is now more or less constant.

According to the ZDF news program today, an average of 1,330 newly reported corona cases per day in Germany were added over the past seven days . The federal government and the federal states tightened the protective measures on Thursday due to the increasing numbers and announced fines for mask refusers , among other things .

Corona pandemic in Germany: polarized demonstration against Covid-19 measures

Update from August 28, 6:40 p.m.: The corona pandemic is obviously increasingly polarizing in Germany .

After the Berlin administrative court overturned the ban on a demonstration against the Covid-19 measures planned for Saturday in the capital, dozens to hundreds of opponents of the corona policy of the federal government and the states gathered at the Brandenburg Gate near the Bundestag on Friday evening .

As the picture reports, face masks are not worn and distance and hygiene rules are not observed. On Saturday, up to 3,000 police officers will be on duty in Berlin around the demo. Strangers even called for violence against police officers on social media.

Corona pandemic in Germany: Angela Merkel calls coronavirus a "democratic imposition"

Update from August 28, 4:15 p.m.: Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about the corona pandemic in Germany in her obligatory summer press conference, sometimes with emotional words .

“The virus is a democratic imposition. We will have to live with this virus for even longer, "said the German head of government:" Not everything will be the same as it was before the corona pandemic . That hits us hard and existentially. "

Chancellor #Merkel in the #summer press conference on the three goals that are particularly important for her in the #corona pandemic in the coming weeks: pic.twitter.com/DuzDQBD48m

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) August 28, 2020

Merkel also commented on the horror scenario of a second lockdown: “I think that it will not happen again as it was in the first few weeks. (...) It won't be like that again, we will be able to do a little better. "

Corona pandemic in Germany: alcohol ban in Munich in public spaces

Update from August 28, 3:10 p.m.: In Munich, the number of new infections continues to rise, for this reason there is now a night-time alcohol ban in public spaces.

Since the early warning value of 35 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants was exceeded within seven days, this “general decree comes into force”, as a city spokesman said.

Corona in Germany: Robert Koch Institute publishes current figures

Update from August 28, 6:30 a.m.: According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) , the health authorities in Germany reported 1571 new corona infections early on Friday morning within one day . The day before it was 1507. On Saturday, 2034 new cases had exceeded the 2000 mark for the first time since the end of April.

Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, at least 239,507 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus, as the RKI reported on the Internet on Friday morning (data as of August 28, 00:00 a.m.). According to the RKI, the number of deaths in connection with a corona infection is 9288. Three more deaths have been reported since the previous day. According to RKI estimates, around 213,200 people had survived the infection by Friday morning.

According to RKI estimates in Germany, the number of reproductions , or R-value for short, was 0.83 (previous day: 0.85) according to Thursday's announcement. This means that one infected person infects slightly less than another person on average. The R-value depicts the infection rate about one and a half weeks beforehand.

Corona in Germany: RKI expects a vaccine at the beginning of 2021

Update from August 27, 7.40 p.m.: Similar to the number of new infections every day , the R value reported by the RKI on Thursday also remains at a constant level. While the 4-day R-value fell slightly from 0.85 to 0.83, the 7-day R-value increased slightly compared to the previous day and is now given as 0.94. However, since the R value cannot be calculated precisely, but is estimated, such minimal changes can be attributed to measurement errors and can be neglected.

Update from August 27, 6:12 p.m.: The RKI now expects that there will be a vaccine against the coronavirus at the beginning of 2021 . "According to the current state of knowledge, it is expected that one or more Covid-19 vaccine (s) could be approved in the European Union and the first production batches distributed and sold by the beginning of 2021 ," said the latest epidemiological bulletin on Thursday.

However, it is not assumed that enough batches of the vaccine will be available from the start to supply all people in Europe with the substance. Therefore, the permanent vaccination commission should now work out a concept for distribution. By means of prioritization , the funds should be distributed in such a way that the number of serious illnesses and deaths is kept as low as possible.

Corona in Germany: Economic expert predicts another lockdown - "not necessarily a mistake"

Update of August 27, 16:51 , "If the infections continue to rise, then we are in Germany not to further restrictions come around," now says an expert from the economy - and he holds a new lockdown because of rising infection rates (see original message) alsofor economically viable : DIW boss Marcel Fratzscher told the Augsburger Allgemeine that a lockdown would be “not necessarily a mistake from an economic policy point of view”. For the long-term protection of many companies, it is better to fight the second wave * quickly and keep it so small, "than having big problems in the long term, as in the USA ".

"After a short, second lockdown , you could loosen the restrictions more quickly and return to normality," said the President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) . From his point of view, such a step should be avoided in the best case - but according to him it does not seem improbable at the moment. Against this background, he called on the country leaders to agree more on further corona resolutions . “It must be spoken with a unified voice. This is the only way to establish trust and acceptance among the population, ”said Fratzscher.

Excellent interview with @MFratzscher about the honest handling of each other with the pandemic, about sensible long-term containment and why a 2nd lockdown could be quite useful. I am an economist myself and share these views. 1 / 11https: //t.co/D9oGxaIbi9

- KFL 🕊️🤍🕊️ (@ KFL3011) August 27, 2020

Coronavirus in Germany: Infection numbers remain high - significant shift in statistics about deaths

Original notification from August 27 : In Germany , the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) recorded more than eleven million tests for the Sars-CoV-2 * coronavirus by last Sunday (August 23) . According to the RKI , the pathogen * was in a good 274,000 of themproven. Accordingly, the number of tests recorded (including multiple tests by people) has risen sharply since the start of the pandemic in this country, while the proportion of positive results fell significantly after the peak at the beginning of April .

More tests (for example, for travelers returning) with a decreasing proportion of positive results sound good at first - but overall the number of infections in Germany is rising again, according to the RKI. The seemingly paradox about it: The number of deaths in connection with infection with Sars-CoV-2, however, is not . According to information from Spiegel, around 230 Covid 19 patients are currently being treated nationwide in intensive care units - and the trend is falling . According to the statistics, there are currently an average of 5.7 additional deaths per day , the number recently fluctuating between 3.0 and 7.0 . Nothing compared to the increasing number of infections.

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The number of corona tests in Germany has increased - and the proportion of younger people among those who tested positive (symbol image).

© Oliver Berg / dpa

Coronavirus paradox in Germany? The age distribution has changed

According to the report, one possible explanation for this is that - unlike the outbreak of the pandemic - more and more younger people under the age of 35 are registered as positive (currently 60 percent of those who tested positive overall, compared to 40 percent at the beginning of June). With them, the infection is usually milder and they are not included in the death statistics .

In contrast, in people older than 60 , the number of new infections has increased more slowly than the overall number of infections in recent weeks . In the age group from 60 to 79, new infections have risen by 59 percent since the beginning of July (59 per day compared to 38 previously) - but the number of positive tests across all age groups has also increased by 180 percent since then .

Coronavirus in Germany: Florida warning example - sharp increase in deaths

In view of these numbers, the magazine warns against negligence : The group 60+ currently seems to be a bit “decoupled” from the general corona development. “This could change in the coming weeks, as the example of Florida shows. There, infections among young people in particular rose sharply in June. In July, however, the number of elderly cases also skyrocketed - and with them the death rate, ”said Der Spiegel .

Before the Corona summit with Merkel: Debate about mask requirements at work

While Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) * is debating new Corona measures with the country leaders and heated discussions arise, organizers of Corona demos are mobilizing in Berlin. Angela Merkel will speak again on Friday (August 28). Then the traditional summer PK is on the agenda. Meanwhile, a survey showed that almost half of German citizens are in favor of a general mask requirement in the workplace . According to a representative survey by the opinion research institute Civey on behalf of the Augsburger Allgemeine , 46.5 percent of the 5003 respondents considered the corona protective measure to be correct. 37 percent rejected it. 16.5 percent were undecided.

The rejection is therefore greatest among supporters of AfD * and FDP . About three out of four AfD voters speak out against it, according to the newspaper. The majority of the supporters of the other parties represented in the Bundestag are in favor. While around one in two people in the west of the country are in favor of compulsory masks, only around one in three people in the east .

Wearing #mouth and nose covers in public helps reduce the transmission of # COVID19 through droplets containing viruses. #BZgA info at https://t.co/jMH1DdII4s pic.twitter.com/UnbuMovRBU

- BZgA (@bzga_de) August 27, 2020

Coronavirus in Germany: A value is still over 1000

According to the RKI , the health authorities in Germany reported 1507 new corona infections early Thursday morning within one day . The day before it was 1576 . On Saturday, the 2000 mark was exceeded for the first time since the end of April with 2034 new cases .

The peak of new infections reported daily was at more than 6000 at the end of March / beginning of April . After the values were still over 1000 in May, the number had tended to decrease and has been increasing again since the end of July. Experts are concerned that there could be a sharp increase in the number of cases, which would push the health authorities to their limits when it comes to tracking chains of infection.

Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, at least 237,936 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. According to the RKI, the number of deaths in connection with a corona infection is 9285 . According to RKI estimates , around 211,900 people had survived the infection by Thursday morning . (dpa / AFP / frs) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Michael Kappeler / dpa

Source: merkur

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