Corona: The number of deaths increases massively - Lauterbach names the main reason why the lockdown is not bringing enough

The corona virus continues to determine life in Germany.

The number of corona cases is hardly falling, but the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports maximum deaths.

Further developments in the news ticker.

• The

  coronavirus

  * continues to challenge Germany - after almost three weeks of partial lockdown.

• The

  Corona-case numbers

  are according to the

  Robert Koch Institute

  (RKI) remains high.

• You can find

  further developments on the subject of

  Corona in Germany

  here.

  This news ticker is updated regularly. 

Update from November 25, 11:13 a.m

.: The

incidence

in

(Thuringia) cracked the

on Wednesday.

As reported by the

(RKI), the 7-day incidence is currently

.

But the incidence has also skyrocketed in other cities and counties (see list).

According to the RKI, the 7-day incidence across Germany is currently 139.6 (previous day: 142).

Corona hotspots in Germany (data status: November 25th, midnight)

• Hildburghausen district (Thuringia) - 526.9

• District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains (Saxony) - 364.4

• Speyer (Rhineland-Palatinate) - 360.0

• Passau (Bavaria) - 352.3

• Berlin Friedrichshain- Kreuzberg - 329.7

• District of the Erzgebirgskreis (Saxony) - 311.1

• District of Günzburg (Bavaria) - 311.0

• District of Bauzen (Saxony) - 300.2

• Freyung-Grafenau district (Bavaria) - 287.1

• Kaufbeuren (Bavaria) - 283.8

• District of Hof (Bavaria) - 283.7

• Offenbach (Hesse) - 279.4

• District of Kronach (Bavaria): 247.2

• District of Cloppenburg (Lower Saxony) 245.5

Corona crisis in Germany: Lauterbach names the main reason why the lockdown does not bring enough

Update from November 25th, 9:29 am

: "It works about half as strong as we expected," said

on Wednesday morning on

- "Morgenmagazin".

lowers the number of corona infections far less than expected, admits the SPD politician.

In his opinion, the reason for this is new sources of infection in schools, for example.

In order to make a common Christmas possible, everyone should “pull themselves together”, recommended the doctor.

Specifically, this means a pre-quarantine before the holidays and "not shopping as much".

“The gift has to be ourselves and not what we bring with us,” said Lauterbach.

Christmas should not be remembered as the festival when they lost loved ones because of the virus, he warned.

On Wednesday afternoon, the federal and state governments will discuss the next steps to combat the pandemic.

Update from November 25, 8:42 a.m.:

The car manufacturer 

 has offered the states of 

, 

and

to

 set up

in its plants in

,

and

.

"With large factory halls and parking areas as well as good connections to the local public transport network, our locations have excellent logistical prerequisites to specifically support and facilitate the

as soon as a 

 available," said Opel boss

on Wednesday.

Corona in Germany: RKI reports maximum number of deaths

Update of 25 November, 6:25:

On the day of

between federal and state governments have the health authorities in

the

in one day

associated with the

reported.

A

reached

on Wednesday

.

The total number of deaths rose to 14,771.

The previous record was reported in mid-April with 315 new deaths within 24 hours.

The number of reported

was

on Wednesday

around 1000 cases more than a week

.

The RKI has counted a total of 961,320 detected infections with the

in Germany

since the beginning of the pandemic

.

Corona in Germany: current case numbers from the RKI (data status: November 25, 12 a.m.)

Corona in Germany: Numbers still at a high level

Update from November 24th, 8:03 p.m.:

There

is also no trend reversal

in the number of

.

According to the RKI situation report on Tuesday evening, the

so-called

was

.

On Monday, the R value was 0.97.

This means that an average of 100 people who are infected with Sars-CoV-2 infect around 90 more people.

The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago.

If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides.

First report from November 24th:

Munich - Germany has been in

for a good three weeks

.

The number of corona cases is still high in the second wave *.

since the second

November

, according to the current Covid-19 situation report from the

(RKI), but the situation remains tense.

The European health authority ECDC doubts the corona measures in Germany.

A current long-term forecast does not bode well.

Stricter measures are needed.

The federal and state governments are apparently in agreement.

At the Corona summit on Wednesday (November 25), a new Corona strategy for Christmas is on the agenda.

Coronavirus in Germany: The most important indicators in the pandemic

The

* is currently

.

The number of new infections in the past seven days per 100,000 inhabitants leveled off at 140 in the past week.

In

(178.0),

(197.8),

(143.6),

(171.4),

(158.9) and

(193.5) the 7-day Incidence above the nationwide total incidence.

According to the RKI, in most federal states the increase has slowed down or slightly reversed since November 9.

There

is also no trend reversal in

the number of

.

According to the RKI management report from Monday evening, the

so-called

is 0.97 (previous day: 1.03).

This means that an average of 100 infected people infect around 97 other people.

The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago.

If the 7-day-R is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides, according to the experts.

Corona in Germany: RKI case numbers (data as of November 24, 12 a.m.)

• 13,554 new corona cases

  and 249 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours (data status: November 24, 12 a.m.).

• So far,

  942,687 people

  in Germany

  have been proven to be infected with Sars-CoV-2.

• 14,361 deaths

  have been recorded in Germany since the start of the corona pandemic.

• The RKI estimates that 636,700 people have survived a corona infection.

Coronavirus: Where do people get infected in Germany?

According to the RKI, the high number of nationwide cases is mostly due to a

.

"For a large proportion of the cases, the infection environment cannot be determined," says the RKI management report.

Corona outbreaks therefore occur in households, community facilities, old people's and nursing homes as well as in the professional environment and at religious events.

But there are also smaller outbreaks in hospitals, facilities for asylum seekers and refugees and religious events that are driving up the number of corona cases.

Funerals are particularly difficult in Corona times.

In Bremen, the police broke a memorial service with 400 family members.

The mourners would have violated hygiene rules, but showed themselves to be "insightful".

Corona in Germany: the positive rate of the test is higher than ever - material in the laboratories is scarce

According to the data from the Association of Accredited Laboratories in Medicine (ALM), the

for the corona tests * carried out continues to rise and is

for the 47th calendar

week (

November 16 to 22)

(previous week: 9.2 Percent).

It was the highest weekly value since ALM data collection began, it said on Tuesday.

The participating laboratories carried out about as many PCR tests for Sars-CoV-2 as in the previous week.

But the material is scarce.

“We all fall back on manufacturers who are active on the world market.

That doesn't make it any easier for us, ”said Evangelos Kotsopoulos, director of the ALM.

As pleasant as it is that

currently being

developed and already being produced

at

: The need for plastic materials, for example, is thus increasing.

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