New corona high in Germany: RKI reports over 21,000 new infections

The daily new coronavirus infections in Germany have exceeded the 20,000 mark.

In German laboratories, the PCR tests on Corona back up.

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  increasing dramatically - the

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Update from November 6th, 06.17:

The number of

exceeded

.

The Robert Koch Institute reported

with the

for the first time on Friday morning

.

For comparison: on Thursday (October 30th) the number was

A new

since the beginning of the pandemic.

Corona overload: German laboratories cannot keep up with PCR tests - tens of thousands are waiting for results

Update from November 5th, 10:30 p.m.:

Spectacular call in the

.

The

asked all available registered nurses for

support

because of

this Thursday

.

Marc Schreiner, Managing Director of BKG, explained: “We want to use every opportunity to strengthen the staff in the hospitals.

But in addition to the enormous efforts that the employees in the clinics are already making, we need outside help.

We have numerous registered nurses in the city.

We turn to them with the request to support their former colleagues in the hospitals. "

According to the

,

Nursing Director Judith Heepe

told

: “In the

apparent that the situation was much more serious.

We already have significantly more patients and new ones are added every day. "

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In the corona pandemic in focus: the Berlin Charité.

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

She also wants to quickly attract new nurses who explicitly

want to look after

.

Coronavirus crisis in Germany: Lufthansa writes billions in losses

Update from November 5th, 10 p.m

.: It currently looks as if the

coming through the global

comparatively well

.

But that does not apply to all companies and corporations.

As the

reported on Thursday evening, the badly hit airline

a loss of around two billion euros between July and September.

The group loss has

risen to 5.6 billion euros

in this

2020, it said.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Second corona wave poses major problems for German laboratories

First report from November 5th:

Munich / Berlin - On Thursday (November 5th) the

in

within 24 hours

.

The

horror scenario issued

weeks

ago

by

is therefore a reality - and well before Christmas.

In this tricky situation, many German laboratories are far more than busy.

In short: You

simply cannot

with the so-called

in the

.

The backlog is huge.

The result: tens of thousands of citizens do not know

for days

after a

whether they are positive or not.

As

reported by

,

in the past week (KW 44)

.

In its report, the news portal relies on surveys by the

.

According to this,

would

report

in processing the tests.

Specifically: there is a lack of capacities and staff.

Corona pandemic in Germany: laboratories with backlog in PCR tests

For comparison: in calendar week 40 at the end of September, the sample backlog was 8,245 - 32 laboratories reported difficulties coping with the immense test series at this point.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: number of positive corona tests is increasing

As the

on Wednesday (November 4), the proportion of

from 5.51 percent to 7.26 percent.

The

still omnipresent

-

(pm)