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Coronavirus: Hotspots in Eastern Germany - "The infection situation is worrying"

2020-12-26T14:04:52.558Z


The Middle East remains Germany's corona hotspot. Intensive care beds are becoming scarce in the first districts. The news in the ticker.


The Middle East remains Germany's corona hotspot.

Intensive care beds are becoming scarce in the first districts.

The news in the ticker.

  • Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

    : The number of

    corona cases

    remains

    at a very high level

    around

    Christmas

    and before

    New Year's Eve

    .

  • The

    hard lockdown *

    because of the

    corona crisis

    *

    shows in the fight against

    19-Covid *

    so far no effect.

  • This

    news ticker

    is constantly updated.

Update from December 26th, 2:50 p.m.:

The

Middle East of

the Federal Republic remains

Germany's

corona hotspot

.

If you look at the dashboard of the RKI, the five pink districts catch the eye.

There the

7-day incidence is

above the value of 500 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week.

Saxony

had the highest incidence on Saturday

with 404, followed by

Thuringia

with 303.

The five most severely affected counties and their

7-day incidence

at a glance:

  • Altenburger Land

    : 617.5

  • Central Saxony

    : 543.2

  • Erzgebirgskreis

    : 520.7

  • Saxon Switzerland - Eastern Ore

    Mountains: 520.4

  • Bautzen

    : 518.8

Corona in Germany: City Council warns of too high expectations for the start of vaccinations

Update from December 26th, 1:32 p.m.:

One day before the start of the 

corona vaccinations

 in 

Germany

 , the

vaccine

arrives

 in the individual federal states

this Saturday 

.

The federal government has tens of thousands of

Biontech

cans 

delivered

 to a total of

 27 locations

 .

From there they will be distributed to vaccination centers and mobile teams, which will then administer the first vaccinations on Sunday.

First, 

people over 80

 as well as nurses and hospital staff at particular risk are to be immunized.

Federal

Minister of

Health

Jens Spahn commented

on the

vaccination schedule

on

Boxing

Day

.

The

German Association of Cities

 has warned against too high expectations for the start of the

corona vaccinations

on Sunday.

“We are very relieved in the cities that the vaccinations can now begin.

A start has been made, but the ghost with the dangerous

coronavirus

is not over yet, ”said City Council President

Burkhard Jung to

the newspapers of the

Funke media group

.

"The infection situation is currently still worrying." The time for

mass vaccinations

has not yet come.

“There is initially far too little vaccine for this,” says Jung.

Corona in Germany: RKI reports more than 14,000 new infections - 240 deaths

Update from December 26, 8:40 a.m.:

The

Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

reported

14,455 new corona infections

within 24 hours in Germany

on Christmas

Day

.

In addition,

240 other deaths were

recorded.

However, these figures are only partially comparable with the values ​​of the previous week.

The RKI expected a lower number of tests and fewer reports from the health authorities during the holidays.

Last Saturday, 31,300 new infections were

transmitted

within one day in

Germany

.

The number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants reported to the health authorities within seven days, the

7-day incidence

, was

170.7

on Saturday

.

A high of 197.6 was reached on Tuesday.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: high Covid-19 case numbers in Baden-Württemberg and Hesse

Update from December 25, 10:20 p.m.:

The

coronavirus mutation from Great Britain

has reached the Federal Republic, the number of Covid 19 cases is high.

Now the

Netherlands are

reacting

- and declaring

Germany

a

corona risk area *

.

Update from December 25th, 9:30 p.m.:

Sweden's corona strategy *

is considered a tricky special path in the pandemic - also for critics and supporters from

Germany

.

The Swedish king accuses his own country of failure.

A problem can be clearly identified.

(see link)

Update from December 25, 7.45 p.m

.: At

Christmas

in the wake of the

corona pandemic,

the health authorities transmit less data - and yet the

Covid-19 numbers

remain

high even during the contemplative time.

The

Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

for

Hesse reported

2992 new infections within 24 hours on Christmas Eve - which was almost a high.

In Hesse there were also 65 further deaths related to

Covid-19

.

As of Friday, 2 p.m., the

Baden-Württemberg

State Health Office

recorded another 1947

corona cases in southwest Germany

within one day

.

In addition, 27 other deaths related to the virus were registered.

So far, a total of 4,399 people in

Baden-Württemberg have died

with or from a corona infection.

Corona pandemic in Germany: More than 25,500 new infections reported on Christmas Day

Update from December 25th, 6.30 p.m

.: On

Christmas Day

, the

Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from Berlin published

new figures on the

coronavirus pandemic in Germany

,

citing the regional health authorities

.

These look like this:

  • New

    corona infections in Germany

    within 24 hours: 25,533

  • Covid-19-

    related

    deaths

    within 24 hours: 412

  • Seven-day incidence

    for all of

    Germany

    : 188.8

  • Captured

    Corona infections in Germany

    since the beginning of the pandemic: 1612648

  • Corona deaths in Germany

    since the beginning of the pandemic: 29,182

The federal government continues to aim to reduce the incidence to below 50.

Germany has been a long way from achieving this goal for weeks.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Bavaria and the east are worried about intensive care units

First report from December 25th:

Munich / Berlin - In the

coronavirus pandemic

*

, the new and highly contagious

corona mutation B.1.1.7

also

reached

Germany

shortly before

Christmas

.

For the time being, until January 10, there will be a

hard lockdown

that will largely shut down social and public life in the Federal Republic.

Before

New Year's Eve

, the

corona situation *

remains

serious - this is shown above all by a look at the capacities of the

German intensive care units

.

According to the

intensive care register of

the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI),

in many districts there are

hardly any or no

intensive care beds available

.

The situation is particularly worrying in

Bavaria

, in rural regions of

Baden-Württemberg

and in the Middle

East of Germany

.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: counties without free intensive care beds in the Federal Republic

District / City:

Intensive care beds occupied:

Intensive care beds free:

of which corona patients:

Rottweil (BaWü)

11/11

0

7th

Offenbach (Hesse)

20/20

0

14th

Fürstenfeldbruck (Bavaria)

12/12

0

6

Aichbach-Friedberg (Bavaria)

19/19

0

7th

Landshut (Bavaria)

6/6

0

3

Eichsfeld (Thuringia)

17/17

0

9

Saale-Orla district (Thuringia)

4/4

0

3

Oberspreewald-Lausitz (Brandenburg)

16/16

0

12th

Prignitz (Brandenburg)

13/14

1

7th

Hildburghausen (Thuringia)

4/5

1

3

Kitzingen (Bavaria)

8/9

1

3

Rain (bavaria)

15/16

1

10

District of Munich (Bavaria)

9/10

1

1

Landsberg am Lech (Bavaria)

10/11

1

7th

Biberach (BaWü)

13/14

1

9

Follow all developments

regarding the coronavirus pandemic in Germany

here in the

news ticker

.

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* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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