Corona: More and more mutations

The British mutation of the corona virus is also spreading in the county.

The changed pathogen was detected in five infected people within a week.

This is announced by district office spokeswoman Daniela Fritzen.

Erding - The health department reports a total of ten new infections.

District Administrator Martin Bayerstorfer said to our newspaper: "I am also concerned that we are again having double-digit values ​​more frequently." But the experts told him that "this is not the beginning of a possible third wave".

In this context, Bayerstorfer refers to the R value, which the Robert Koch Institute stated nationwide on Friday as 0.94.

That means: 100 infected people infect 94 more.

The R-value has risen slightly again recently.

The mutations are said to be significantly more contagious.

Currently, 91 citizens are currently considered Sars-CoV-2-positive in the district, one less than on Thursday.

A total of 5141 infections are known, the total of those recovered increases by eleven to 4962. Because of the only four new cases reported on Thursday, the Robert Koch Institute is reducing the seven-day incidence from 26.8 to 25.3 new infections, based on a week and 100,000 inhabitants.

124 people were retested.

According to Fritzens, the Erding Clinic is still treating six Covid 19 patients, two of whom are in the intensive care unit.

One must be artificially ventilated.

The BRK has meanwhile vaccinated 8321 district citizens, 2967 for the second time.

There were 269 cans on Thursday.

Bayerstorfer reports that the much-discussed vaccine from AstraZeneca is now being used in the Erding district, especially among nursing staff.

There is no option (yet), according to the district administrator.

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