When you look at the RKI warning card, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) now lights up almost continuously in red.
There will also be new corona rules in NRW from November.
North Rhine-Westphalia is still the federal state most severely affected by Corona.
Only one district does not yet count as a risk area.
Here you will find the basic facts about the coronavirus *.
You can also see the current number of cases in Germany as a map.
This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from October 29, 10.11 a.m.:
After the newly resolved
package
of
measures
by the
federal and state governments
, the
NRW cabinet will
consult on Thursday.
Prime Minister Armin Laschet
wants to fully incorporate the new measures into the country's existing
corona protection ordinance
.
According to the
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
, the previous version is to be
extended by one day, as it will only apply until October 31 and the federal and state government will not apply until November 2.
The new resolutions are to be expressly limited to November 30th.
Laschet will inform the state parliament about the measures in a special session on Friday.
According to Laschet, the aim is "to avert an impending health emergency".
Meanwhile, a new
high incidence value was
reported
in the city of Cologne on Thursday
.
For the first time, the number has passed the 200 mark.
This was reported by the
State Center for Health in North Rhine-Westphalia
.
In the meantime, 151 Cologne residents who tested positive for
Covid-19
have died.
Corona in NRW: Laschet takes the floor after Merkel - complete lockdown should be prevented
Update from October 28, 6:33 p.m.:
After the joint
video conference
between
Chancellor Angela Merkel
and the
Prime Minister
,
North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet commented
on the new requirements.
The consultations were concentrated and amicable.
In order to avert an imminent health emergency, major joint preventive efforts are now necessary, since the current
infection
situation is
already exponential growth.
The
health authorities
had arrived at the limits of resilience despite the support of staff, money and armed forces.
“In 75 percent of the
cases
, we don't know where they come from,” notes
Laschet
.
Therefore it makes no sense to
only use
the
restrictions
locally.
Laschet
also thanked
the countries in
Germany
that, despite the low number of
infections, support
the new requirements in solidarity.
The goal of the
strict requirements
is paramount: to maintain daycare centers, schools and economic life and
to prevent
a complete
lockdown
.
The nationwide resolutions would soon be adopted in
North Rhine-Westphalia
law.
In addition, the
Prime Minister
emphasized
that the rules * are expressly limited in time and should expire on November 30th.
Coronavirus in NRW: Fitness studios contact Laschet with an open letter
Update from October 28th, 1:43 p.m
.: Does the
Corona summit
with Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
this Wednesday also bring hardship for fitness studios?
With an
open letter
to North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister
Armin Laschet (CDU)
, the operators want to
prevent their shops from
closing
.
"This is exactly the wrong signal and an
unreasonable disadvantage
for people who consciously
want and should strengthen
their
immune defense
right now
," wrote the President of the Employers' Association of German Fitness and Health Systems (DSSV),
Birgit Schwarze
.
"The fitness facilities have excellent
distance and hygiene concepts
and do everything possible to help the population in Germany to cope with this corona crisis as well as possible," said Schwarz in the letter dated Tuesday.
Instead of a blanket all-round attack, politics should instead start where there are actually
concrete risks
of infection.
The German Industry Association for Fitness and Health in Düsseldorf also emphasized that fitness studios offer a safe environment even in times of increasing corona infection numbers.
Especially in the dark autumn and winter months,
training
there is
an important way of
balancing everyday life
for many people
.
Corona incidence in NRW reaches critical value: Laschet wants to take tough action - but not without Merkel & Co.
Update from October 28, 10:53 a.m
.: For the second day in a row,
NRW
records
more than 3000
new corona infections
every day
.
According to the RKI situation report
(as of October 28, 0.0 a.m.)
, the number for Tuesday was 3084 cases below the previous day
(see update from October 27, 9.40 a.m.)
- the
7-day incidence
* rose within 24 Hours from 116.83 to now
121.8
.
The state is currently only surpassed by the capital
Berlin
,
Bremen
and
Hesse
, but it also has significantly more inhabitants.
The North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister
Armin Laschet (CDU)
spoke out in
favor of the extensive restriction of
private contacts
with Federal Chancellor
Angela Merkel
* (CDU)
before the federal-state consultations
.
If the number of infections falls, encroachments on fundamental rights must be withdrawn.
When infections rise, we need backups.
November is the month of decision.
We now have to act nationwide - together, decisively, quickly.
#mpk #corona #flattenthecurve https://t.co/0Ner4CNoey
- Armin Laschet (@ArminLaschet) October 27, 2020
Corona in NRW: Numbers break the next sound barrier - Laschet wants to enforce drastic rules at Merkel meetings
Update from October 27th, 5.43pm.
The PK is over, NRW Prime Minister
Armin Laschet
rushed forward with several proposals that he
wants to enforce
tomorrow at the
Corona summit
.
Including strict
contact restrictions
, but no national
lockdown
.
Update from October 27, 5:35 p.m.:
A strong, joint response from the 16 federal states is required tomorrow at the Corona summit, according to
Laschet
.
A national
lockdown
, as brought up by several politicians, is not an option, the economic consequences would be catastrophic.
Health Minister
Laumann
once again addresses the situation in hospitals.
He believes that "we can do it well".
But it is important that the
R value
is pushed down.
Corona alarm in NRW: Prime Minister Laschet with five-point plan
Update from October 27th, 5:26 pm:
Prime Minister
Armin Laschet
takes over.
The situation is very, very serious, the current measures are no longer sufficient.
"The month of November will be the month of decision," said Laschet.
People would have to limit their contacts again.
He
does not advocate
a second
lockdown
, the damage would be even worse than that from the spring, says Laschet.
# NRW Prime Minister #Laschet is in favor of stricter contact restrictions in order to get the # corona pandemic under control.
@ZDFheute pic.twitter.com/RrPCgr0d1F
- ZDF state studio North Rhine-Westphalia (@ZDFnrw) October 27, 2020
Laschet lists five points that now need to be changed:
1. Reintroduction of a stricter ban on contact.
Laschet wants to negotiate further restrictions on
Wednesday at the
Corona summit
.
The problem is not leaving the apartment, but contact with others.
An exit restriction such as in Spain is not an option, says Laschet.
The prime minister also announced
financial compensation
.
2. Private parties should be avoided.
3. Nationwide protective measures for the most vulnerable.
People in old people's homes were often left alone in March, Laschet said.
More
FFP2 masks
and more effective tests should help here.
This is also to be negotiated tomorrow at the Corona summit.
4. Digital initiative with new digital solutions.
This is mainly about the health authorities.
5. Rules must be understandable.
Otherwise the acceptance would be weakened, so Laschet.
Corona alarm in NRW: Laschet at press conference - is he anticipating Merkel's “Lockdown light”?
Update from October 27th, 5:15 p.m.:
NRW Health Minister
Karl-Josef Laumann
begins the press conference with terrifying numbers.
The
incidence
in NRW is
116
, only one district is below the limit value 50, the
R value is 1.5
.
Laumann fears dynamic further development in the state.
Laumann also fears that the hospitals' capacities may be exhausted by the end of the year.
"It is urgent that we come to a reduction in the number of infections," he said during the press conference.
From the tests from last week, the
positive rate was 6.6 percent
.
Previously, this was significantly lower.
Update from October 27, 4:52 p.m.:
A
press conference by
Armin Laschet
on the corona situation in North Rhine-Westphalia has been announced
for
5 p.m.
The Prime Minister will inform about the current developments and possibly also further restrictions.
The Corona summit on Wednesday will also be a topic.
Update from October 27th, 4.15 p.m.:
Cologne's Lord Mayor Reker
wants to
prevent tourists from traveling to the city to celebrate
with the
alcohol ban
.
“Please all stay at home.
Not even celebrating at home, ”she also addressed all
Cologne residents
.
+
Henriette Reker, Lord Mayor of Cologne, speaks on October 23, 2020 at a Corona press conference in Cologne.
© Marius Becker / dpa
A poster campaign in the city area is intended to remind people that the start of the
carnival season has to be
canceled
this year
due to the
corona
virus.
Celebrities such as actress and presenter Janine Kunze can be seen on the posters as well as quotes such as “On 11.11.
I am not celebrating.
Because it protects your life. "
Since the consumption of
alcohol will be
prohibited
outside of restaurants
, there will also be no mobile public toilets in the city.
The head of the public order office, Wolfgang Büscher, noted that this could possibly lead to greater nuisance from wild pissers.
Corona in NRW: Cologne mayors announce alcohol ban
Update from October 27, 1:50 p.m.:
Carnival
without alcohol?
What sounds like a bad joke to one or the other party-loving joke is becoming
bitterly serious this year
due to the
corona pandemic
.
As
Cologne's Mayor Henriette Reker announced
(non-party), the start of the carnival in the cathedral city will be dry this year.
On November 11th there will be
an all-day
alcohol sale
and
consumption
ban
outside of restaurants
in
Cologne
.
“We all have to go to the celebrations on 11/11.
dispense.
This time there is no partying, singing or swaying and dancing.
This time there is no 11.11.
This year there is only one day in the calendar like any other, ”
bild.de
quotes
the
mayor
.
“The situation in
Cologne
is still serious.
Please all stay at home!
We want to continue to be the stronghold of the junkies and not the stronghold of
infections
. "
Corona in NRW: RKI reports - only one district no risk area
Update from October 27, 2020, 9:40 a.m.:
The
infection process
in
NRW
continues to worsen on Tuesday.
The
Robert Koch Institute
reported on Tuesday morning for the most populous state 3,678
new infections
within 24 hours.
This means that
114,194 infections have been registered in North
Rhine-Westphalia since the beginning of the
coronavirus pandemic
.
So far, 2031 people have died as a result of
Covid-19
.
The look at
7-day incidences
in
North Rhine-Westphalia
is particularly worrying
.
A value of 116.83 is given for the entire state.
Looking at the individual districts, the Soest district has
the lowest value
with 40.8
infections
per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days.
Soest is also the only district in North Rhine-Westphalia that
remains
below the
risk area threshold
of 50.
The rest of the federal state is thus a risk area.
The sad leader is the district of Solingen, where 206
infections
per 100,000 inhabitants were registered
in the last seven days
.
Corona in NRW: The situation is coming to a head - a city reaches an incidence of 554
Update from October 26, 2020, 7:22 p.m
.:
North Rhine-Westphalia
is still badly affected by the pandemic.
The
Corona card of the Robert Koch Institute
is colored deep red accordingly and many circles are considered a risk area (see first report) - including the
Aachen city region
.
According to official information from the city region, the seven-day incidence on site is now 199 (data as of October 26, 2:45 p.m.).
This number is very surprising, because in the report of the Robert Koch Institute the
city region of Aachen is
still listed with a value of 95.5 (data status: October 26th, midnight).
The situation in the district in
Baesweiler
seems to be most precarious
.
The
city region states the
incidence
for the city of around 27,000 with 554 cases per 100,000 inhabitants - this would make
Baesweiler the
undisputed leader in Germany-wide comparison.
A spokesman for the urban region pointed out, however, that the infection number of 554 is a mathematical variable.
There are currently 144 active corona infections there.
The
RKI
only records the data of the 401 German urban and rural districts, individual locations are usually not published.
Nevertheless, the situation in
Baesweiler is
tense.
In the meantime, a
strict catalog of measures.
The Muslim communities, for example, suspended Friday prayers until October 31.
Corona in North Rhine-Westphalia: lawsuit from innkeepers thrown out
Update from October 26, 2020, 4:39 p.m.:
The lawsuit by 19 restaurateurs against the Corona Protection Ordinance in North Rhine-Westphalia was rejected.
The
curfew for risk areas
in North Rhine-Westphalia thus remains.
As the North Rhine-Westphalian Higher Administrative Court decided on Monday in Münster, the protection ordinance serves the "legitimate purpose" of slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
(Ref. 13 B 1581 / 20.NE)
Accordingly, restaurants in areas where the
seven-day incidence is higher than 50
must close between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
In addition, the sale of alcohol is prohibited at these times.
According to the reasoning of the court, both contribute to reducing contacts.
It is true that the measures interfered "in a very considerable way" with the freedom of occupation of innkeepers.
However, it is to be feared that the infection process will develop "dangerous dynamics" without effective countermeasures, which will lead the health system over the limits of its capacity.
Corona in NRW: Carnival novelty for Cologne triumvirate
Update from October 26, 2020, 3:37 p.m.:
The corona pandemic also has an
impact
on the
Cologne carnival
.
Not only that big events have to be canceled as expected,
there is also a novelty
for the so-called
"Cologne triumvirate"
: For the first time, the triumvirate of prince, farmer and virgin will
rule
the city for
two terms
.
This was announced by Christoph Kuckelkorn, President of the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee, on Monday.
Many of the highlights of the upcoming session - such as the Rose Monday procession - could not take place like this, he explained.
Therefore, the designated triumvirate was offered to go “into extension”.
According to the festival committee, this is the first time in the history of the Cologne Carnival.
Corona hotspot NRW: State almost completely red - only three districts no risk area
Cologne - The Robert Koch Institute * reported a seven-day incidence * of 104.80 on Monday morning for
North Rhine-Westphalia
.
Only Berlin of Germany's federal states currently has a higher value in this regard, at 122.61.
And that with significantly fewer residents.
In terms of the absolute number of cases, NRW continues to lead the way with 110,516 corona cases.
The spread of the novel
coronavirus Sars-CoV-2
in Germany seems to be particularly difficult to slow down in the state of Prime Minister Armin Laschet.
In the past 24 hours, 2757 new infections were reported by the health authorities.
And that on a Sunday, where experience has shown that the number of cases is lower, also because fewer tests are carried out on weekends.
Corona in NRW: Almost all regions are now risk area - Cologne with worrying development
The districts of Düren, where the incidence is now 200.7, Solingen (200.3) and Duisburg (188.1) are particularly affected in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Also in
Cologne
is a
worrying development
to watch in case numbers.
There the incidence has now climbed to a value of 177.7.
That means: 177.7 cases were recorded there within a week per 100,000 inhabitants.
The value had already skyrocketed in the two days before - from 136.8 on Saturday to 152.5 on Sunday.
NRW: These ten regions have the highest incidence values
District of Düren 200.7 Solingen 200.3 Duisburg 188.1 Cologne 177.7 Remscheid 176.9 Herne 154.7 Düsseldorf 136.2 Dortmund 134.6 Wuppertal 134.3 Rheinisch-Bergischer-Kreis 125.7
As in the rest of Germany, stricter corona measures come into force in NRW with increased seven-day incidences.
The NRW Ministry of Health has published details of when which rules apply locally on its Twitter page.
Corona rules on site
State-wide requirements for the municipalities - depending on the level of risk
What applies from when?
7-day incidence below 35
7-day incidence between 35 and 50
7-day incidence over 50
All information here: https://t.co/dcb3Xr7fQn pic.twitter.com/uZwJ4xJpJZ
- MAGS NRW (@MAGS_NRW) October 23, 2020
Not only in Germany are the numbers rising rapidly again.
The so-called second wave * is causing problems for countries all over the world.
New corona infections are also increasing rapidly in Europe and our neighboring country Austria.
(va) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network