Germany is deep in the second lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic.
Other districts no longer have intensive care beds.
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Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The number of
corona cases
are also
consistently high
in the
Lockdown Light
*
.
More and more districts are no longer reporting free
intensive care beds
- there is also a shortage in and around
Munich
.
(
First report from November 16
)
This
news ticker
is constantly updated.
Update from November 16, 10 p.m.: Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
and the state leaders around Bavaria's Prime Minister
Markus Söder (CSU)
want to announce new strict
corona rules
on November 25
- an overview of the future
Covid-19 contact restrictions
*
.
Update November 16, 20:20:
Even
NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU)
has become the prime minister conference with German Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
expressed.
The focus will also be with him for
Corona
the
intensive care units
.
“In North Rhine-Westphalia, 80 percent of the
intensive care beds are
occupied.
In some cities it is 90 percent, ”says Laschet in Düsseldorf and calls for a“ national effort ”.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Angela Merkel prepares the Federal Republic for new corona rules
Update from November 16, 7.30 p.m.: Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) *
speaks in Berlin after a mammoth meeting between the federal government and the states about the
corona pandemic
.
“We are a long way from the 50 incidence.
But: We were experiencing strong exponential growth
, we
slowed down the momentum, "says the head of government:"
Contact restrictions
promise success, we need more of them. "
Today, however, there will be no binding resolutions.
On November 25, the
federal government
and state leaders
want to
inform
the population, according to Merkel, about the new
corona rules
, which are to apply "until the new year" so that citizens (and the economy) can better adjust to them, she explains.
Merkel
points out which
Covid-19 rules
and
contact restrictions will
probably come for the winter:
Angela Merkel
: "All unnecessary
contacts should
be avoided."
The
Federal Chancellor
about the
winter
months: "We should completely avoid
private parties
."
Contact
restrictions: Each household may only meet one additional household.
Corona pandemic
:
Tourist trips should be
avoided in
winter
.
Public transport
: Unnecessary journeys by public transport should
be avoided
due to
Corona
.
Risk groups
: You should only meet older people if you are really symptom-free.
Corona pandemic in Germany: intensive care units in rural regions are struggling
Update from November 16, 7:10 p.m.:
More and more German districts are
literally reaching their capacity
limits
with their clinics in the
coronavirus pandemic
- next example: the
Zollernalb district
.
Located halfway between the state capital
Stuttgart
and
Lake Constance
in the middle of
Baden-Württemberg
.
Specifically:
25 of
the 26
intensive care beds there
are occupied, so one is still free.
As an example: a third of the patients have
corona
.
This cut applies to many
intensive care units
in more rural regions.
+
Virologist from Bonn: Hendrik Streeck.
© Federico Gambarini / dpa
Corona pandemic in Germany: Virologist Hendrik Streeck does not believe in easing
Update from November 16, 5:30 p.m.:
The
virologist Hendrik Streeck
from Bonn commented on the current development of the
corona pandemic in Germany
*
.
Streeck was asked, among other things, whether, as a scientist
, he anticipates
easing
in December.
“That very much depends on how the infection numbers continue to behave.
I do not now expect that we will see such a sharp reduction in the numbers as the federal government would like, "said the 43-year-old virologist in an interview with the
world (live stream)
.
Streeck
said: “We should be discussing a long-term strategy a lot more.
You have to look a lot more at how we deal with this
pandemic in the
long term.
It will remain a marathon, not a sprint, even with a vaccine.
We have to
expect
high
numbers of
infections
until March
.
Even if there is a
vaccine
, that doesn't mean that we won't have any more infections with it. "
Corona pandemic in Germany: 7-day incidence in your district as a graphic
Update from November 16, 4:45 p.m.:
The declared goal of politics in the
coronavirus pandemic
is
to push
the
7-day incidence in Germany
back to 50.
But most recently this averaged around 140 nationwide.
Using the following graphic, you can
understand
the
7-day incidence
*
, which measures the number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, for your district.
First report from November 16:
Munich / Berlin - The
coronavirus pandemic
*
determines public life in
Germany
- and that will probably continue well into the coming year.
Corona pandemic in Germany: Are the intensive care beds sufficient in the Covid 19 crisis?
In
winter
,
i.e.
the main cold season, the
Corona * crisis focuses on
one question:
Are
the
intensive care beds
sufficient everywhere
to treat
Covid-19
* patients with
intensive
care
if necessary?
As of Monday, November 16, four districts no longer had any capacity in their
intensive care units.
This comes from the
intensive register of
the Berlin
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
*
.
Corona pandemic in Germany: counties with no free intensive care beds (November 16)
Counties (federal state) | Intensive care beds overall | Intensive care beds occupied | by Covid-19 patients |
Fürstenfeldbruck (Bavaria) | 10 | 10 | 30% |
Dachau (Bavaria) | 28 | 28 | 14.29% |
Kitzingen (Bavaria) | 8th | 8th | 50% |
Hochtaunuskreis (Hesse) | 26th | 26th | 30.77% |
It is noticeable that the counties that are
running
out of
intensive care units
are changing.
And they are more likely to be located in rural areas.
However, the situation in
Kitzingen
in
northern Bavaria
remains critical
.
There have been no free
intensive care beds
in the Lower Franconian medium-sized town (around 90,000 inhabitants) for several days
.
Corona pandemic in Germany: Intensive care beds are becoming scarce in and around Munich
It is also noticeable that
the situation is serious
in and around
Munich
(around 1.56 million inhabitants).
According to the intensive care register, 82 percent of all
intensive care beds
in the Bavarian capital itself were occupied on November 16
.
The districts of
Dachau
and
Fürstenfeldbruck
are adjacent.
And in the districts of Freising northeast of
Munich
and Landsberg am Lech (two free beds each) southwest of the Isar metropolis, things are getting tight.
The same applies to the federal capital: In
Berlin
, 87 percent of all intensive care beds are occupied - around a quarter of them by
Covid 19 patients
.
The corona situation is also worsening in neighboring Germany, Austria.
Several counties have passed an incidence of 1,000 and hospitals are facing the worst.
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* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network