Corona in Germany: RKI numbers continue to rise - Drosten warns - horror scenario in Hamburg's trendy bar

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• Coronavirus pandemic *

  in Germany

  : The number of new

  Covid 19 cases

  continues to rise.

• In

  Hamburg

  there is a

  corona outbreak

  *

  in the popular

  Schanzenviertel

  .

• We have

   summarized

  basic

  facts about the coronavirus

  *

  for you 

  .

  We also offer you the current number of cases in

  Germany

  on a map 

  .

Update from September 17, 10:02 p.m

.: On Thursday, the Bundestag decided on financial aid for the municipalities to compensate for the burdens caused by the

.

To this end, the Basic Law was changed in two places with the required two-thirds majority.

The relief takes place on the one hand through the assumption of costs for accommodation and heating in the basic security for job seekers by the federal government.

Here the federal share is to be increased to up to 74 percent.

So far it has been 49 percent.

For the federal government, this means permanent

of around

.

Second, the federal and state governments will reimburse the municipalities once for the loss of income from trade tax, which is largely due to the

.

For this, the federal government will initially pay the federal states

.

There is additional relief for the East German states with compensation payments for the expenses of the pension insurance from the supplementary pension systems of the former

.

Here the federal share rises from 40 to 50 percent.

Update from September 17, 9:18 p.m

.: The

takes an unusually long time on Thursday for its daily situation

.

Even in the evening, no current information on the number of

available

on the website of the federal authority

.

Corona in Germany: New figures for Saarland, Berlin and Hesse

Update from September 17, 6:23 p.m

.: In

, the number of confirmed

by twelve on Thursday to 3,256.

The confirmed deaths in connection with

remained constant compared to the previous day at 176 (as of 5 p.m.), as the Ministry of Health in Saarbrücken announced.

In

, the number of

increased by 140 on Thursday, and in

by 149 detected cases compared to the previous day.

Update from September 17, 5:20 p.m.:

The German biotech company

is

very far

in the development of a

- and is planning

spectacular

in the fight against the

.

Corona pandemic in Germany: 2,200 new infections with the corona virus

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

The

reported

almost 2200 new infections with the

for

on Thursday within 24 hours.

Virologist Christian

sees differences in the development of the numbers compared to August.

The value now reported is “not just any random fluctuation.

We are now on the rise again, ”said the Charité scientist in Berlin at the communications congress of the Federal Association of Communicators, where he was awarded an honorary prize for his educational work in the pandemic.

The high figures in August were on

have derived, with the chains of infection would then not verstelbstständigt in Germany, Drosten on.

The now newly diagnosed cases are infections that have occurred in Germany and primarily indications of

in the

- which are then in Germany.

For example, a cluster can be a group of people at a family celebration.

"That means we actually have to adjust to the fact that what we see is the beginning of an increase in incidence that we have to control again at some point."

Update from September 17, 12.45 p.m.:

The

has the

fully under control.

In several cities, including

, the numbers are rising steeply again.

Limit values ​​have already been exceeded in some places.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Corona outbreak in Hamburg's trendy district

First report from September 17th

- Munich / Hamburg - It is the nightmare for the

: In

there was a

in a

- the search for possible infected people has begun.

Specifically: As the picture reports, several employees and guests of a

the Hanseatic city have contracted the

.

Further

are feared, it is said.

The health authorities had therefore contacted about 500 other guests.

Corona pandemic in Germany: Horror scenario for gastronomy after the incident in Hamburg

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Popular with Hamburg's night owls: the Schanzenviertel.

© Jonas Walzberg / dpa

But: an estimated 100 guests are said to have given incorrect data on three days in September, which is why it is difficult to trace them - and according to the report they have not yet been notified.

The incident in

is a horror scenario for the

and party scene at an inconvenient time on top of that.

From September 19

, for example,

that are not designated as eateries should be allowed to reopen

in

,

significantly further south

- under strict hygiene regulations.

Meanwhile, alarming numbers come from the

every day

.

Coronavirus in Germany: number of new corona infections reaches new high

According to a statement from Thursday morning (September 17), the number of

the highest level since April.

Within one day, the health authorities in Germany

reported

2194 new

within 24 hours

.

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Hamburg: Police officers check compliance with the alcohol ban in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel during the Corona crisis.

(Archive photo)

© Axel Heimken / dpa