Germany is in a tough corona lockdown at the start of 2021.
The number of Covid-19 cases remains high.
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Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: At the start of 2021, the number of
Covid 19 cases is
still very high.
In
Germany
, a
hard lockdown * has been
imposed
until at least January 10th
due to
Corona *
.
This
news ticker
is constantly updated.
Update from January 2, 6.10 p.m.:
At the
Corona summit
next week, an
extension of the lockdown is being
discussed.
Klaus Reinhardt
, President of the German Medical Association, spoke out in an interview with
Bild in
favor of extending the current measures.
"Well, on January 5th, I'm pretty sure, the decision to extend the lockdown will be decided," said Reinhardt.
The medical president expects an
extension of the lockdown
"certainly until the
beginning of February
, so another four weeks".
During this time, schools, daycare centers and numerous other shops should remain closed, said
Reinhardt
.
Many hospitals are currently at their
capacity limit
.
There are still free intensive care beds and technical equipment, but "the purely
numerical capacities are used to over 90 percent,
" he explained.
In addition, Reinhardt still sees a need to catch up in protecting
old people's and nursing homes
.
Corona in Germany: Saxony continues to be a hotspot - 7-day incidence well over 300
Update from January 2, 3:33 p.m
.:
Saxony
is still clearly ahead with the 7-day incidence.
The Free State has a value of
341.2
, as can be seen from the data from the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI) on Saturday
(see also update from January 2, 8:10 a.m.).
In the RKI overview,
Thuringia
follows
(244.7) and then
Brandenburg
(180.5).
Schleswig-Holstein
currently has the lowest incidence
with a 7-day incidence of
74.2
.
Update from January 2, 12:51 p.m
.: The corona vaccine from Biontech is scarce.
Whoever gets a dose should decide a raffle in a retirement home, as
Merkur.de
* reports.
Corona in Germany - First district in Bavaria below the 50 limit value
Update from January 2nd, 12.11 p.m
.: First district in
Bavaria
is below the
limit of 50
!
In
Landsberg am Lech
, the 7-day incidence is
42.4
.
The
infection rate also appears to be contained
in
Birkenfeld
(Rhineland-Palatinate).
The RKI shows a value of
48.2
here.
Of course, late registrations can still change these values.
But both regions are well below the 7-day incidence in their federal state:
Bavaria 160.8
and
Rhineland-Palatinate 118.0
.
Tense situation in intensive care units: Doctors do not expect any improvement anytime soon - "I expect that ..."
Update from January 2nd, 10:12 am
: Intensive care physicians expect hard weeks and months.
“We won't see in the hospitals until the end of next week how much Christmas has contributed to the spread of Covid-19.
The effects of New Year's Eve will be much later, ”said
Uwe Janssens
, the Rheinische Post on Saturday.
"In the first quarter, the number of patients with Covid-19 will surely be above the 4000 mark."
The
situation in the intensive care units
remains very tense, fears the President of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI).
"I expect that we will only be able to speak of lasting relaxation in the intensive care units in summer," said
Uwe Janssens of
the Rheinische Post.
5,650 Covid-19 patients
currently require intensive
medical
treatment (previous day: 5,639).
More than half of the corona patients - 3,108 - are attached to an oxygen device (previous day: 3,112).
This can be seen from the data in the DIVI intensive care register.
In Janssens' view, an end to the hard lockdown is currently not an option.
"We intensive care physicians urgently advise against any loosening up to an incidence value of less than 25 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week."
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Uwe Janssens, head of the intensive care medicine association DIVI.
© Kay Nietfeld / dpa
Corona in Germany: RKI reports 353,300 active corona cases
Update from January 2, 8.11 a.m
.: In the past 24 hours, the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI) has recorded
12,690 new corona infections
and
336 more deaths
in connection with
Sars-CoV-2
.
There are currently
around
353,300 active corona cases
in Germany.
However, it is currently difficult to interpret the figures.
The RKI expects
further
late
registrations
.
Apart from postponed doctor visits and fewer tests, not all responsible health authorities would transmit data to the RKI.
The
7-day incidence
in Germany is
141.2
, as
can be seen on the RKI's
Covid-19 dashboard
(data status: January 2; 0 a.m.).
Corona hotspots in Germany - 7-day incidence in the Vogtland district extremely high
In the
Vogtlandkreis (Saxony)
the 7-day incidence is
still extremely high
at
885.4
.
The district has been struggling with particularly high numbers of corona infections since Christmas.
It is difficult to explain why the numbers in the Vogtlandkreis are exploding.
The focus of the infections is still nursing homes in the district, reports
mdr.de.
However, the Vogtlandkreis does not report any numbers on the weekend.
There is no obligation to report the numbers at the weekend, it says there.
District
Vogtlandkreis
(Saxony) - 885.4
District of
Meissen
(Saxony) - 594.1
City of
Coburg
(Bavaria) - 479.6
District of
Bautzen
(Saxony) - 420.3
District of
Hildburghausen
(Thuringia) 403.5
District
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
(Thuringia) - 400.1
District of
North
Saxony (Saxony) - 396.5
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Corona in Germany: The hope for the corona vaccine from Biontech is great.
The corona infection numbers are just not going down
© BioNTech SE / dpa
Update from January 1, 10 p.m.:
Saxony
is still the
Corona hotspot
among the German federal states.
The
Vogtlandkreis
and the
Meißen
district,
with 7-day incidences of 818.6 and 613.9 respectively, are the districts in
Germany
with the currently highest incidence of infections.
According to the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the national
average was
141.9.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: The hard lockdown will likely be extended
Update from January 1, 9:30 p.m.:
Germany
is in a
tough corona lockdown
- and will probably remain so for the time being.
As the
picture
(behind a payment barrier) reports, the measures originally decided by January 10th are to be extended by two to three weeks.
On January 5th,
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
*
and the Prime Ministers of the federal states will
meet
for the next
Covid-19 summit
- then the
lockdown
extension should be decided.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Federal government expects millions of vaccine doses from Biontech
Update from January 1, 8:40 p.m.:
The federal government expects
2.68 million doses of the corona vaccine * from Biontech
by the beginning of February
.
The next delivery to the countries is still planned for January 8, the Ministry of Health announced on Twitter this Friday.
A total of four delivery dates are planned for February 1st.
(1/3) As planned, the federal states will receive 3.98 million doses of BioNTech vaccine by February 1st.
The first deliveries of a total of 1.3 million cans were made on December 26th and 28th.
and 30.12., the other 2.68 million cans will follow on 8.1., 18.1., 25.1.
and 1.2.2021.
- BMG (@BMG_Bund) January 1, 2021
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Biontech wants to deliver more corona vaccine
Update from January 1, 8:15 p.m.:
The Mainz manufacturer
Biontech
wants to
deliver
more
corona vaccine
*
than planned to the European Union (EU).
The company is "in advanced discussions as to whether and how we can make more
vaccine doses
from
Europe available
for Europe this year," company boss Ugur Sahin told the
German Press Agency
on Friday
.
The background to this are complaints about the shortage of
vaccines in Germany
and other EU countries.
Update from January 1, 4:45 p.m.:
The situation in the German
intensive care units
is
still serious
in the
Corona crisis
*
.
As of January 1, 2021, 1:42 p.m., according to the DIVI intensive register, the following data was transmitted:
Occupied intensive care beds in Germany: |
19,846 |
Free intensive care beds: |
3896 |
Corona patients in intensive care units: |
5575 |
ventilated corona patients: |
3113 |
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: vaccination start against Covid-19 was bumpy
Initial report from January 1, 2021
: Munich / Berlin - The
vaccination start in Germany
against the
insidious coronavirus *
was bumpy in parts.
And yet many hopes rest on the
vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer
and other pharmaceutical companies.
On the other hand, one expert does not share the hope of a quick economic recovery: the head of the
German Institute for Economic Research
(DIW),
Marcel Fratzscher
.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: "2021 could be the year of disillusionment"
"Many economic forecasts are currently characterized by the wishful thinking of a quick end to the pandemic and an immediate economic recovery in
2021
," writes Fratzscher in a guest article in the
Tagesspiegel
(Saturday edition): "This should prove to be an illusion."
For example, “
2021
could
be
the year of disillusionment, at least as far as the
economy
is concerned,” he said in his article: “Corporate insolvencies could increase significantly, as many are so heavily indebted that they either no longer get bank loans or no longer want any reserves have used up and the postponement of filing for corporate insolvencies will expire. "
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: politics must support the economy because of the lockdowns
Due to the
lockdowns
in spring and winter,
politicians have to support
the
economy
with aid payments in the tens of billions.
However, according to Fratzscher, this help does not reach everyone: “Especially the weakest, like the mini-jobbers, should pay the highest price.”
(Pm) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network