Corona in Germany: More than 5000 new infections - the limit value should suddenly be questioned

There is a negative trend among new corona infections in Germany.

The situation in the big cities is dynamic.

Now the number of infections is skyrocketing.

• The number of

  new

  coronavirus *

  infections

  is

  at a high level

  in

  Germany

  .

• More and more large cities and counties are considered to be

  corona risk areas

  .

• Here we offer you the

  current number of cases

   in Germany

  in a map 

  *.

• This

  news ticker

  is updated regularly.

Update from October 14th, 8:30 a.m.:

The

reported 5,132 new infections with the corona virus

on Wednesday.

This is the highest increase in new infections since mid-April.

A total of 47 circles are currently tearing the important

of 50

per 100,000 inhabitants.

While the RKI only spoke of seven districts and cities last week, the number of affected regions increased to around 40 on Monday.

After the renewed increase in the

in Germany, eight

are now

affected.

The situation in Neukölln is particularly critical, here the 7-day incidence is 161.1 - the highest value in all of Germany.

33 Other regions have a value above 40 - so they too could soon be

classified

as

.

Corona in Germany: More than 5000 new infections - RKI reports a sharp increase in deaths

Update from October 14th, 6 a.m.:

The number of people officially

infected

with the

continues to rise, now the numbers from the

tearing

the 5000 mark.

According to the RKI, 5132 other people tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.

This is the highest increase in new infections since mid-April.

On Tuesday, the

around 4,000 new cases.

The number of deaths is also skyrocketing.

While the

had recorded 13 people who died from or with the

on Tuesday

, the number of deaths has now risen to 40.

Corona: RKI reports the next significant increase - Prime Minister wants to question the corona limit value

Update from October 13, 7:27 p.m.:

Saxony's

(CDU) wants to stimulate a discussion as to whether the

, which federal and state governments are currently based on, actually makes sense.

“We need to check whether the number 50 is correct for every 100,000 inhabitants.

That has to be said by those who are in the

", so Kretschmer opposite the

(Wednesday edition).

The

of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days determines whether a region

counts

as a

area or not.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, the

the federal states will

a conference call

with

, in which further measures will be decided on in the

.

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Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) wants to have the corona limit checked.

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Coronavirus in Germany: President of the Constitutional Protection tested positive for the coronavirus

Update from October 13, 1:41 p.m.: President of the

Constitutional Protection

(60) tested positive for the

.

This was announced by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) on Tuesday at the request of the

news agency

.

When asked, a spokeswoman added that the test and result were from Monday.

The

and the

had previously

reported on the infection. 

Corona in Germany: head of the constitutional protection tested positive for Corona

Haldenwang will continue the official business from home, said the constitution protection.

"The BfV's ability to work is fully ensured, as the BfV is prepared for such incidents," the authority said.

A crisis team was set up at the beginning of the pandemic.

Haldenwang, now 60, has been running the German domestic intelligence service for around two years.

Corona: Weltärzte boss expresses terrible fears, but also calms down

Update from October 13, 9:33 a.m

.: What is the corona situation really like in Germany?

There is a lot of criticism of the corona measures in Germany.

Wrongly?

, Chairman of the World Medical Association, considers the

also be extremely important to look at the number of infections.

Because, from a 7-day incidence of 50, health authorities

find it

increasingly difficult to trace the

chains of

infection, explains Montgomery on

(Dlf).

That is why this warning value was also set.

It is

, but a "sensible health policy measure".

"The death toll will rise again," said

, but not as strongly as in the spring.

Because the therapy of the disease is better under control, people pay more attention and are more likely to go to the doctor.

“But it's still far too early to give the all-clear,” stresses

The disease lasts four to six weeks until one of them dies.

It is the task of doctors to protect people from serious illnesses and not to let them come to the intensive care unit at all.

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Frank Ulrich Montgomery, Chairman of the World Medical Association, defends the latest Corona measures (archive photo).

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Head of health insurance: Rapid tests at major events are science fiction

Update from October 13, 7:38 a.m

.: To reduce the

, rapid corona tests are being discussed

at major events or before football games.

But there are doubts about these rapid antigen tests.

"The idea that we will do a quick test with 5000 stadium visitors remains science fiction," said the head of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, of the

Even with the best rapid tests, two to ten infected people out of a hundred tested would not be recognized.

“At mass events in a confined space, a potential risk of infection could not be safely ruled out,” warned Gassen.

The idea that we would just do a quick test with 5,000 stadium visitors remains science fiction.

Head of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians Andreas Gassen

Corona in Germany: RKI reports around 40,519 active corona cases

Update from October 13th, 6:13 a.m

.: On Tuesday morning the number of new corona infections was again above 4,000. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the health authorities in Germany

and

.

Accordingly, there are currently

.

The number of intensive care patients has increased slightly since the end of September, this increase has

in the

, writes the RKI in its current status report (October 12).

Accordingly, 590 Covid-19 patients (previous day: 545) have to be treated in the intensive care unit in the hospital, of which 286 are "invasively ventilated" (previous day: 275).

RKI case numbers from October 13th (data status: midnight)

• So far,

  329,453 people in Germany have

  been proven to be infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus.

• 9,634 people have died

  in connection with a corona infection since the beginning of the corona pandemic.

• The RKI estimates that around 279,300 people have survived an infection.

Corona crisis in Germany: Secret government paper provides information about failed contact tracing

Update from October 12, 10:01 p.m.:

Lately, the

and

problems with tracing contacts with corona infected people.

The responsible health authorities could not keep up, as is evident from a

that is available to the German Press Agency.

The following are therefore affected:

• the state of Berlin

• the district of Pinneberg (Schleswig-Holstein)

• the Lahn-Dill district (Hesse)

• the district of Offenbach (Hesse)

• the district of Esslingen (Baden-Württemberg)

The letter on the

is dated Monday, October 12.

However, the document describes an overload as of October 6th.

The affected regions are marked on a map.

The

problem there is described

with the words

.

The regions reported a need for support because contact persons of infected people could no longer be consistently traced.

In Berlin the situation was even more critical.

There were also problems with monitoring and looking after people in quarantine and with taking test swabs.

In order to counteract the development, the Robert Koch Institute should send employees to the Berlin authorities.

The Lahn-Dill district initiated the search for additional staff.

Corona in Germany: critical value exceeded - consequences after outbreak in Stuttgart

Update from October 12, 5:54 p.m.:

In addition to numerous other major German cities,

is also struggling

with alarming infection figures.

On Saturday the value in the Baden-Württemberg state capital was

.

Authorities confirmed another worrying outbreak on Monday.

a retirement home

.

These are employees and residents of the facility.

The

are unfortunately increasing in the country.

Last week, a senior died after an outbreak in a nursing home in Marxzell.

A facility in Bad Schönbronn was also set up at the same time.

The

is now drawing conclusions from the latest

and, like the city of Munich, is introducing stricter rules from Wednesday.

From Wednesday, it is

mandatory to

in downtown Stuttgart,

.

Corona in Germany: 33 regions exceed the warning value - "Now is the time to make a decision ..."

Update from October 12, 1:14 p.m

.: The press conference on the corona situation in Germany has ended.

At 5 p.m. Health Minister Jens Spahn will speak about the new challenges in the corona pandemic for health policy.

Update from October 12, 1:05 p.m

.: An important goal of the federal government is to keep access to education - i.e. schools - open in the corona pandemic, emphasizes government spokesman

Corona crisis in Germany: 1,300 Bundeswehr soldiers in action

Update from October 12, 12:54 p.m

.:

According to Arne Collatz-Johannsen, deputy spokesman in the Ministry of Defense,

are currently deployed in Corona in Germany.

The soldiers support the health authorities, among other things, in tracking chains of infection, but also as paramedics.

The Bundeswehr could support the municipalities with up to 15,000 emergency services.

"The pandemic situation is serious" Government spokesman Seibert on the corona crisis in Germany

Update from October 12, 12:32 p.m

.: Government

reports from the meeting of the

.

"The pandemic situation is serious," says Seibert.

And further: "Now is the time to decide whether we can successfully fight this development."

The number of new infections every day does not reflect the entire corona pandemic, but it is important.

Further topics were

,

and

in the run-up to the meeting of the prime ministers on Wednesday.

At the request of journalists, Seifert does not want to anticipate topics such as the ban on accommodation, which would be discussed on Wednesday.

Update from October 12, 12.27 p.m

.: The Corona cabinet is advising under Chancellor Angela Merkel's chairmanship on the new Corona measures.

The

currently causing a lot of criticism from politics and business.

Corona in Germany: These are the new Corona hotspots

Update from October 12, 10:46 a.m

.: The list of

is getting longer.

Big cities like

,

,

,

,

,

,

and

as well as

are included.

They exceed the limit value agreed by the federal and state governments of

the so-called 7-day incidence.

According to the RKI, a total of

exceeded

.

The

have to be

in the hospital in the intensive care unit,

them are

,

according to

the current RKI coronavirus situation report (dated October 11).

The proportion of corona cases in the older population is currently increasing slightly, can be read in the RKI management report.

particular are

currently suffering from the corona virus and these are less severe.

This is one of the reasons why the

, explains the RKI.

But it would be tested more broadly - and thus more mild cases would be detected.

"However, it is unlikely that the virus has changed and has become less dangerous," writes the RKI in this context.

According to the RKI, the proportion of people who have died has been 1 percent since the 30th calendar week (from July 20, 2020).

Corona in Germany: "If as much would have been tested in April as today ..." Economic researcher calls for appropriate measures

Update from October 12th, 9.30 a.m

.: The corona infection process in Germany is picking up speed.

Large cities in Germany are reporting a surge in the number of cases.

Politicians are warning of a second corona wave in Germany *.

According to the

extent of corona infections in Germany is

only partially comparable with the development in spring, reports the

news

.

"The infection rate is actually getting worse, but not as much as a direct comparison of the new infections today and during the first wave suggests," Ifo President Clemens Fuest said on Monday.

“If as much had been tested in April as today, then at the

.” More tests, more infected people?

An expert in medical statistics explains the rising corona numbers in Merkur.de *.

The

“could not be compared directly with those from April,” explained Fuest.

"That is why political decision-makers and those involved in economic life should react neither with too rigid restrictions nor with too lax measures," demanded the economic researcher.

"We need restrictions that enable economic activity instead of preventing it."

Virologist criticizes three new corona measures - "Completely unrealistic"

Update from October 12, 9.25

a.m.: With the rising corona numbers, new and stricter measures have been decided.

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit now sharply criticizes this - he sees it as not proportionate.

And he's not alone in this.

Corona in Germany: RKI reports new corona case numbers

Update from October 12, 6:10 a.m

.: The health authorities in Germany have reported

to the

(RKI).

Accordingly, there are currently

.

The number of cases is much lower than in the days before.

However, not all health authorities share data on weekends.

In North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),

exceeded the limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days.

As can be seen from the information from the Robert Koch Institute on Monday morning, the value is 50.1 (data status October 12, 12 a.m.).

The city of

(Bavaria) has also broken the 50 mark again.

According to the RKI, the 7-day incidence on Monday morning is 50.6.

In Bavaria, the districts of Regen and Fürstenfeldbruck as well as the cities of Memmingen and Rosenheim also exceed the limit.

RKI case numbers from October 12th

• According to the RKI,

  325,331 people in Germany

  have so far been proven to be infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus (data status October 12th, 0.00 a.m.).

• 9621 deaths

  related to the coronavirus have been recorded.

• Around

  276,900 people

  survived

  an infection

  .

Corona in Germany: City in Lower Saxony new Corona hotspot

Update from October 11, 7.30 p.m.:

The Lower Saxony city of

has been a

since Thursday

.

Now the city has reached a new high.

As of 2.30 p.m. on Sunday, the health department reported a new

with 15 new infections

.

According to the city, a total of 108 people are currently infected.

A total of 306 people have been infected with the virus there since the beginning of the pandemic.

The RKI reports different numbers.

In the management report as of October 11, the city is classified with an incidence value of 64.5.

These dates are from midnight.

The Lower Saxony health department reported a value of 90.3 at 9:00 a.m.

The numbers can differ greatly due to the different temporal recording and the associated fluctuation in the recorded infection numbers.

Update # Coronavirus numbers:

The city of #Delmenhorst reported 15 new # Corona cases within the past 24 hours on Sunday.

The seven-day incidence thus reached a new high of 135.4.

- City of Delmenhorst (@delmenhorst_de) October 11, 2020

Corona in Germany: New Corona hotspots - state capital tears the border

Update from October 11th, 5:07 pm:

More and more cities and regions in Germany are exceeding the critical seven-day incidence value of 50 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants and are

classified

as

.

Now

has also

broken through this border.

On Sunday noon, the city reported a value of

.

Mainz had already announced on Friday that it would put the

and tighten the measures.

"Red is not far off," warned Mayor Michael Ebling (SPD) on Friday.

According to the Rhineland-Palatinate regulation, “red” is achieved as soon as the incidence value of 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants is exceeded on more than five days.

The

the

in Germany

every day

.

The

in the report on Sunday was

(previous day: 1.42) and the 7-day R-value, which depicts the infection process from 8 to 16 days ago, was 1.37 (previous day: 1 , 43).

Foci of infection are still private celebrations.

But there are also clusters in old people's and nursing homes, as well as in hospitals, among other things, according to the RKI.

Corona in Germany: Stuttgart requests help from the Bundeswehr

Update from October 11th, 1:48 p.m

.: The city of

(Baden-Württemberg)

mobilizes

the

track contact persons

.

In addition, she asks for the help of the

, as Stefan Ehehalt, head of the Stuttgart health department, announced on Sunday according to the

news agency

.

"The numbers are increasing worryingly, so much that the health department can no longer guarantee the follow-up of contact persons, which is so important for the control of the pandemic," said Ehehalt.

In the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, the warning level of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days has been exceeded

.

“We have to act decisively now to get the number of

down again immediately.

This is the only way we can keep schools, daycare centers, businesses and retailers open.

This is the only way to ensure that all cases can be traced back to the health department, ”said Stuttgart's Lord Mayor Fritz Kuhn (Greens), according to

after a conference call for the situation briefing

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Corona in Germany: More and more cities and districts in Germany are considered hotspots (symbol photo).

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Corona in Germany: Munich police dissolve raver party

Update from October 11th, 1:15 p.m

.: According to tz.de * in Munich, the police broke up an illegal raver party on the slaughterhouse site.

200 people are said to have celebrated there on Sunday morning.

Coronavirus in Germany: More and more hotspots - 30 regions tear critical limit

First report from October 11, 2020

Munich - The corona virus is spreading quickly in Germany.

In the federal states of

,

,

,

and

, the number of infections is high - too high.

More and more large cities and regions are clearly exceeding the critical

in the past seven days.

Corona in Germany: Stuttgart and Essen exceed limit value

There are more and more

.

The capital of Berlin in particular is the focus of the infection process.

But

,

as well as

and now

and

are also attracting attention with high values.

A total of 30 regions in Germany exceeded the 50 limit on Sunday.

Compared to the previous day, that's seven more.

"An accelerated increase in transmissions in the population in Germany can currently be observed," said the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in its current Covid 19 situation report (dated October 10).

"Therefore it is urgently appealed that the entire population is committed to infection protection."

Corona hotspots in Germany - RKI list from the Covid-19 situation report of October 10

In order to slow down the spread of the corona virus, the cities are tightening their corona rules.

In

has been a curfew for most restaurants, bars and pubs from 11pm to 6am since Saturday.

Only five people are allowed to gather outdoors from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

For private celebrations or events, the number of participants is limited to ten people.

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW

) has been the sad leader in the number of corona infections for days.

The city of Hamm has been trying to control a corona outbreak after a major wedding in mid-September for weeks.

After

on Sunday,

exceeded

the critical limit.

People in the North Rhine-Westphalian city have to be prepared for restrictions in everyday life.

Other regions in NRW are scratching the critical incidence value that the federal and state governments have set as a threshold.

Corona in Germany: Hotspots in Bavaria - situation in Munich critical again

Corona hot spots in Bavaria

are, according to RKI information (as of October 10, 12 a.m.), the cities of Memmingen (56.7) and Rosenheim (70.8) as well as the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck (64.3) and Regen (60.7 ).

Even in Munich, the infection levels are increasing, as reported by tz.de *.

Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) had therefore urged people to comply with the Corona rules.

The

said Söder: "We have five to twelve.

One shouldn't gloss over the situation any longer. ”Rapid measures are needed for everyone:“ Earlier curfew hours and no larger parties and celebrations for a certain time. ”

Stuttgart

reports

growing numbers of infections

in

.

The city is preparing cuts such as the introduction of a curfew, alcohol consumption restrictions and the mask requirement within the city ring.

The

has limited private parties on a number of participants of ten people due to rising infection levels since Friday (October 9th).

In addition, a mask is required in public spaces.

In the current situation, two developments are emerging, reports the Esslingen district.

There is also a diffuse infection process in the family environment, occasionally also in schools, clubs and refugee accommodation.

In addition, a freight center in Köngen has developed into a hotspot for the spread of the coronavirus.

Corona in Germany: RKI reports 3483 new corona infections

According to the RKI, the health authorities in Germany have reported 3483 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths in connection with Sars-CoV-2 (as of October 11, 12 a.m.).

Accordingly, there are currently around

in Germany.

Corona in Germany: RKI case numbers from October 11, 2020

• According to the RKI,

  322,864 people in Germany

  have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus so far.

• 9,615 people died

  in connection with or from Covid-19.

• The RKI estimates that 274,800 people have survived an infection with Sars-CoV-2.

However, experience shows that the number of cases recorded is lower on Sundays and Mondays.

Not all health authorities report data to the RKI at the weekend.

On Thursday the value jumped to 4058 new corona infections.

On Friday morning the RKI reported 4516 new infections, on Saturday morning even 4721.

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