The coronavirus situation in Germany remains dynamic.
The current number of corona cases fell after the Easter holidays.
However, the Robert Koch Institute is assuming fewer tests.
The news ticker.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The Corona * case numbers have fallen compared to the previous week
(update from April 7, 6.24 a.m.).
A study now shows serious consequences after a corona disease (
see update from April 7th, 1 p.m.
).
This
news ticker on the corona pandemic in Germany
has ended.
You can find the continuation from April 7th here.
Update from April 7th, 3:35 p.m.:
A failed delivery slows the vaccination rate again in Rhineland-Palatinate.
On Tuesday around 10,000 promised doses of the vaccine were not delivered by Biontech / Pfizer, said state vaccination coordinator and State Secretary for Health Alexander Wilhelm on Wednesday in Mainz.
The reasons for this are unclear.
There are also indications that a delivery from Moderna could be canceled at the end of April.
The federal government has promised that in future 110,000 vaccine doses can be expected every week, said Health Minister Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler
Corona in Germany: intensive care bed occupancy continues to rise
Update from April 7th, 2:15 p.m.:
The corona numbers are increasing daily, more and more people are dependent on hospital treatment.
Due to the growing number of corona intensive care patients, the first clinics in the southwest have to postpone planned operations again.
This was reported by the coordinator of intensive medical care for corona patients in Baden-Württemberg, Götz Geldner.
The number of corona patients has increased by 20 percent compared to the previous week, said the medical director of the Ludwigsburg RKH clinics on Wednesday.
Nationwide, a third of the intensive care beds are already occupied by corona patients.
"If the number of intensive care patients continues to rise, we'll have a problem in one to two weeks," said Geldner.
As soon as the occupancy goes in the direction of 40 percent, operations would have to be postponed to a greater extent.
The number of corona patients receiving intensive treatment in the southwest has been rising sharply since mid-March.
While it was still at 236 on March 10, 648 people were treated in intensive care for Covid-19 disease on Tuesday, according to the data in the Divi intensive care register.
For a few days now, the number of clinics that describe their operations as restricted has exceeded the number of clinics with regular operations.
With a view to possible measures, the intensive care doctor was resigned.
“What should be different than in the wave before?
Everyone knows what is happening now. ”Politicians and citizens are now equally responsible.
There is still a lack of a concept to cope with the pandemic.
Geldner called the current approach aimless and haphazard.
"We try to make the best of it."
Another problem is currently exacerbating the situation in the clinics: many intensive care beds are "locked".
Corona in Germany: Virus also causes other health problems
Update from April 7th, 1 p.m.:
The coronavirus not only causes physical flu-like symptoms in some cases, many of the patients also struggle with other health problems.
A British study in the journal "The Lancet Psychiatry" found a 44 percent higher risk of anxiety disorders or mood swings than after the flu.
Corona patients therefore have neurological or psychological problems more often than people with other respiratory diseases.
"Our results show that brain diseases and psychiatric disorders occur more frequently after Covid-19 than after the flu or other respiratory infections," said co-author Max Taquet from Oxford University.
The exact reasons for this are still unclear.
Overall, around a third of the patients recorded suffered from a neurological or mental illness within six months of their Covid 19 diagnosis.
The British researchers analyzed digital data from more than 236,000 patients, most of whom were treated in the United States.
The most common diagnoses were anxiety disorders in 17 percent and mood disorders in 14 percent of all people analyzed.
They also suffered from insomnia (5 percent), stroke from a blood clot (2.1), and cerebral haemorrhage (0.6).
The scientists involved point out the need for further research to find out the exact causes and prevent or treat consequential damage.
Corona in Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia tightens emergency brake rules
Update from April 7th, 11 a.m .:
The Corona emergency brake is intended to curb the infection rate in Germany, but many cities and counties are not strictly adhering to its implementation.
From an incidence value of over 100 on three consecutive days, the emergency brake should come into force and take strict measures to contain the infection.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, however, the emergency brake should not be released immediately even after the numbers have fallen.
As the NRW Ministry of Health explained on Wednesday, municipalities that have fallen below the critical incidence value of 100 should refrain from easing the measures for longer in the future.
Previously, the value had to be lower than 100 on three stable days in a row, now municipalities have to consider the value of the past seven days.
Only when the municipality records values below the incidence value of 100 for seven consecutive days can the emergency brake be loosened.
As Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann further explains, "back and forth" is not conducive to coping with the pandemic.
With the third wave still ongoing, caution is still advisable.
Corona in Germany: Another setback in vaccination
Update from April 7th, 7:37 a.m
.: When vaccinating, Germany has to cope with
another
severe setback.
A large shipment of the Moderna Corona vaccine has burst, the media report.
Last week, the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) recommended that Astrazeneca vaccinees under 60 should switch to a different vaccine for the second corona vaccination.
This Wednesday, Health Minister Jens Spahn wants to consult with the health ministers of the federal states about the implementation.
Corona in Germany: RKI continues to report lower numbers of infections
Update from April 7th, 6:11 am
: According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the Easter holidays are still to be considered on Wednesday
mornings
when interpreting the number of cases.
The RKI assumes that fewer tests were carried out over Easter.
The health authorities in Germany reported 9,677 new corona infections and 298 further deaths within 24 hours.
The 7-day incidence is 110 (previous day: 123.0).
According to the current management report, the RKI estimates the nationwide 7-day R-value to be 0.81 (previous day: 0.90).
100 infected people infect 81 more people.
A lowering of the R-value could also be related to the Easter holidays, writes the RKI.
"The values can only be evaluated in a few days."
April 7th - Wednesday |
March 31, Wednesday |
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New corona infections in Germany |
9,677 new corona infections |
17,051 new corona infections |
Covid-19-related deaths |
298 deaths |
249 deaths |
Corona in Germany: court overturns curfew in big city
Update from April 6, 8:24 p.m.:
The Lower Saxony Higher Administrative Court has expressed considerable doubts about the means of exit
restrictions
in the fight against Corona.
The OVG confirmed a decision by the Hanover Administrative Court on Tuesday.
This had stated that the ordered exit restriction in the Hanover region is likely to be illegal in individual cases.
The objection of the Hanover region to the decision of April 2 was rejected by urgent decision, as the OVG in Lüneburg announced.
The exit restriction is not a necessary protective measure since it violates the principle of proportionality.
The Hanover region then revoked the corresponding general order in the evening with immediate effect.
Previously, leaving apartments and houses there between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. was only allowed with a valid reason.
Corona in Germany: Tübingen model project is extended
Update from April 6th, 7:04 pm:
The Tübingen corona model project * "Open with security" may continue for the time being despite the increasing number of infections - but only with further adjustments.
The Ministry of Health, the State Health Office, the city of Tübingen and the local health office agreed on this in a meeting on Tuesday.
If the increase in the number of cases in Tübingen continues despite the measures now planned and the infection rate increases instead of decrease, countermeasures must continue or, if in doubt, the project must be interrupted, said Health Minister Manne Lucha after the conversation.
Coronavirus in Germany: Incidence in the model city of Tübingen has recently increased
Mayor Boris Palmer von den Grünen * announced that the decision would be more testing and more control so that the retail trade and culture in Tübingen could remain open without the city being overcrowded.
One of the agreed measures is that the outdoor catering in Tübingen must close.
In addition, there are no longer any day tickets for non-residents.
For daycare centers and emergency care at schools in Tübingen, a weekly rapid test for children will also be mandatory.
All companies with more than 50 employees will be obliged to test from next Monday.
In future, company employees will have to do a quick test twice a week.
The tests can therefore be purchased from the city.
In addition, the zone for the alcohol ban will be expanded.
The seven-day incidence * in Tübingen had recently risen sharply and, according to the Ministry of Health, was 73.2 on Tuesday and 99.3 in the district.
The day before, the values were 82.0 in Tübingen and 108.9 in the district.
In Tübingen, a pilot project is currently running on more opening steps in Corona times.
People can take free tests at nine test stations, and the result is certified.
You can use it in shops, at the hairdresser's or in theaters and museums.
The model project was last extended until April 18.
Corona in Germany: German vaccination centers close due to a lack of vaccines
Update from April 6th, 2:15 p.m.:
The vaccination campaign in Germany started slowly and was mainly shaken by headlines about the active ingredient from the manufacturer Astrazeneca.
Now there is another setback, because the first vaccination centers even have to close again.
The reason: lack of corona vaccines.
For this reason, two out of six vaccination centers in Berlin are now being closed at short notice.
The German press agency learned from Senate circles that operations in the arena in Treptow and the Messe vaccination center will be closed on Tuesday.
The vaccine from the manufacturer Biontech was last administered in both centers.
Corona in Germany: Lauterbach calls for a hard lockdown
Update from April 6, 1:15 p.m.:
The corona numbers continue to rise, the calls for a hard lockdown are getting louder and louder.
Despite all warnings, Germany opened the country in March with the first cautious opening steps.
However, from the point of view of the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach, openings are a wrong signal in view of the continuing rampant coronavirus pandemic.
What is needed is a “hard lockdown” with tightened state restrictions, he said on Tuesday in RTL / ntv “early start”.
“A lockdown that begins now cannot be communicated if it is relaxed in model projects at the same time.” From his point of view, a hard lockdown includes exit restrictions, but also a home office and test obligation in the companies.
At least if the experts have their way, relaxations should only come into effect when the numbers are demonstrably falling.
At the start of the vaccination campaign in general practitioners' practices, Lauterbach said: "That will not really accelerate the way out of the third wave, because we do not have enough vaccine for that." As Lauterbach further explained in the conversation, he himself would be in favor of nationwide corona rules.
But in view of the infection situation, there is not enough time for a legislative procedure.
"Now we don't have to deal with how politics should work, we just have to make politics."
Corona in Germany: Böblingen district wants to test hundreds of children
Update from April 6th, 11.15 a.m.:
The coronavirus is spreading in Germany and the world, children and young people are playing an increasingly important role in the current third wave.
The district of Böblingen would like to take further steps in the fight against the pandemic with the youngest, too, hundreds of children will be tested regularly over the next three weeks.
26 daycare centers have been taking part in the pilot project since Tuesday, in which 1,500 children are to be tested in various ways.
So far, this has not been planned at the federal or state level, while the municipalities are well positioned with the schools, said District Administrator Roland Bernhard.
"Until a corresponding regulation by the federal or state authorities is reached, we want to try out a model of how and with what results tests in the daycare area would be possible."
Similar to the schools, children in the district should be tested twice a week before they go to the daycare centers to enter.
Both spit and suck tests as well as tests with nose samples are used, said a spokeswoman for the district on Tuesday after the start.
After the end of the project, the experiences are to be evaluated and a decision should be made as to how a model could be further financed at the district level.
"The country has not entered so far," said the spokeswoman.
"The three-week model test therefore costs the district around 40,000 euros."
Just in time for the family doctors' vaccination start - the RKI dashboard shows completely outdated figures
Update from April 6, 8.22 a.m.:
This week, 35,000 family doctors nationwide want to get started with the corona vaccinations.
Some practices will start this Tuesday, others are still waiting for the vaccine.
So far, the vaccination campaign in Germany has mainly taken place in the 430 vaccination centers.
Merkur.de
*
reports that a vaccination appointment must now be made with the family doctor
.
It is currently unclear how many people in Germany have been vaccinated so far.
The official vaccination dashboard of the Federal Ministry of Health shows the “current vaccination status” from Friday (April 2nd) - as of Tuesday morning at 8.32 am.
Update from April 6th, 6.09 a.m
.: The corona case numbers over the Easter holidays are apparently not yet completely up to date. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has published a note on its Covid-19 dashboard:
“When interpreting the number of cases around the Easter holidays, it should be noted that, on the one hand, fewer people usually visit a doctor, which means that fewer samples are taken and fewer laboratory tests are carried out.
This means that fewer pathogens are reported to the responsible health authorities.
On the other hand, it may be that not all health authorities and responsible state authorities transmit to the RKI every day. "
According to RKI data, 6,885 new corona infections and 90 further deaths were recorded within 24 hours.
The 7-day incidence is 123.0 on Tuesday morning (previous day: 128.0).
The RKI estimates the 7-day R-value in its current management report from Monday evening at 0.90.
The value is below the critical level of 1 and reflects the infection process from 8 to 16 days.
Update from April 5, 10:10 p.m.:
CDU boss Armin Laschet is calling for a bridge lockdown for Germany * in the coronavirus pandemic.
What measures this envisages - and what that would mean for the hoped-for easing (see link).
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: how many people vaccinated?
No overview over Easter
Update from April 5, 5:35 p.m
.: In the coronavirus pandemic in Germany, aids that are as understandable as possible should help make the situation and any progress understandable.
One such aid is the
vaccination dashboard of
the Federal Ministry of Health, which is subordinate to the head of department Jens Spahn (CDU).
The corona vaccinations in the Federal Republic are illustrated on this.
But instead of the previously discussed “Easter peace”, the digital
vaccination dashboard
stayed
pretty quiet over the holidays
.
How many people were vaccinated over Easter?
What was the status on Monday, April 5th?
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: vaccination dashboard will not be updated over Easter
Until early Monday evening, as of 5.30 p.m., this question was pursued in vain.
Because: The last update at this point in time was April 3, 9:10 a.m., and showed the data from Good Friday (April 2).
Nothing
happened on the
vaccination dashboard
for at least two and a half days
.
And that, although many citizens find motivation and hope just by looking at the vaccination numbers.
What went wrong (again)?
Who and why was not reported promptly?
In the corona crisis, it is not uncommon for the vaccination overview to only be adjusted again on weekdays.
But apparently the time delay also applies to public holidays.
Helpful?
Or rather confusing?
Striking: Minister Spahn had repeatedly used the tool as evidence in recent weeks to point out alleged progress in the vaccination campaign, while Germany is hopelessly lagging behind other countries in terms of vaccinations.
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Not updated: The vaccination dashboard for the corona vaccinations on Easter Monday, as of 5.30 p.m.
© Screenshot Impfdashboard.de, as of Monday, April 5th, 5.30 p.m.
Update from April 5, 5:10 p.m.:
Often the eyes in the coronavirus pandemic went to Tyrol.
In the Austrian state, a church service near the German border is causing a stir.
Specifically: Because a person infected with Corona was at an Easter mass - a large-scale appeal followed.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: violation of corona rules ends in a bad fall
Update from April 5, 3:32 p.m
.: To avoid a corona penalty, a young man fell from a balcony on the fourth floor in Wipperfürth in North Rhine-Westphalia.
He suffered serious injuries, as the police in the Oberbergischer Kreis announced on Monday.
The 22-year-old was one of a group of four young men who met in an apartment on Friday evening to celebrate together.
After a neighbor called the police, two of the men hid on the balcony when the doorbell rang.
While the police in the apartment were talking to the two remaining men, the 22-year-old fell into the depths - presumably while trying to climb onto a neighboring balcony.
He was taken to a hospital seriously injured.
Corona: Laschet urges new "bridge lockdown"
Update from April 5, 2.30 p.m
.: North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) announces three million vaccine doses for April in his state.
"The pace is accelerated," emphasizes the NRW boss during a visit to a vaccination center in Aachen.
Before the start of the summer vacation, at least half of Germans will be vaccinated once.
"We need a bridge lockdown"
NRW Prime Minister Laschet visiting the vaccination center in Aachen
"By the end of the summer every German will receive a vaccination offer," emphasizes Laschet.
The NRW Prime Minister tries to spread optimism.
But: "Until then, we need a bridge lockdown," the NRW Prime Minister demands.
In many areas, it would have to be refilled in the direction of lockdown.
For example, curfews are an effective means, comprehensive tests for daycare centers and debts as well as a home office offensive in the next two to three weeks.
The Corona summit planned for March 12 must be brought forward this week and take place in attendance, said Laschet.
In North Rhine-Westphalia the incidence is 123.9.
This value and the numbers are only partially meaningful, there will be delays in reporting.
However, the indicator of Covid patients who need intensive medical treatment is real.
"These people are in an intensive care unit."
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NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet is hoping for the summer: "At the end of June we will enter another phase."
© Michael Kappeler / dpa
Corona in Germany: model test in Tübingen still on the brink
Update from April 5, 1:48 p.m
.: In Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg), the Corona model test will continue on Tuesday (April 6) after the Easter holidays.
However, there are still no day tickets for foreign guests.
According to Mayor Boris Palmer (Greens), the state government will then decide on a further extension of “Open with Safety”.
In the city of Tübingen the weekly incidence is 89, in the district of Tübingen 118.5.
For comparison: on March 18, the 7-day incidence in the university town was 19.7.
Since then, the number of corona cases has increased, as
Merkur.de
* reports
Spahn: "Vaccination does not prevent the third wave"
Update from April 5, 12:36 p.m
.: Federal
Minister of
Health Jens Spahn (CDU) warns of the continuing risk of infection from the corona virus.
"Vaccination does not prevent the third wave, the third wave is growing," said the CDU politician in Berlin during a visit to the Messe vaccination center.
Countries with a higher vaccination rate such as Chile, Great Britain or the USA showed that contact restrictions are still necessary.
Spahn calls the situation in the intensive care units and in the clinics * in view of increasing occupancy rates worrying.
"We have to break this third wave together and reduce contacts," he said.
“Especially in the private sector, in schools, at work, wherever possible.” The minister calls on the federal states to apply the emergency brake consistently in order to bring the numbers down.
Spahn also expects that 20 percent of the population will have received a first dose of vaccine by the end of April.
In the first quarter, due to the shortage of vaccines, only about ten percent of Germans were vaccinated, "we will now be able to do the next ten percent in a month," said Spahn on Monday when visiting a vaccination center in Berlin.
Spahn emphasized that the vaccination campaign will "gain more and more speed in the second quarter"
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Corona hotspot in Germany: The city of Hof (Bavaria) currently has the highest incidence at 469.2.
© Nicolas Armer / dpa
Corona in Germany: British mutant at almost 90 percent - the worst hotspot is now in Bavaria
First report from April 5:
Berlin / Munich - Germany's corona hotspot is currently in Bavaria: Hof has a 7-day incidence of 469.2 (as of April 5).
With this value, the Bavarian city is the new front runner in new corona infections.
Greiz (Thuringia) is in second place with 429.2.
That comes from the data of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
In Bavaria as a whole, the 7-day incidence is currently 132.2 and in Thuringia with 227.8 it is the highest in Germany (see list below).
Corona hotspots in Germany according to the RKI (data status: April 5, 3.09 a.m.)
SK Hof - 469.2 (previous day: 469.2) - 12 new infections within 24 hours
LK Greiz - 429.2 (previous day: 481.5) - 45 new infections within 24 hours
SK Gera - 344.7 (previous day: 345.8) - no new corona cases reported according to RKI.
Corona situation in Germany
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) recorded 8,497 new corona infections on Easter Monday.
That is 1,375 fewer cases than on Monday a week ago.
In addition, 50 other people died within one day of or with a corona infection *.
However, the corona case numbers on the Easter holidays are less meaningful.
The RKI expressly points this out.
Fewer tests would be done and reported, fewer people would see a doctor.
So there may still be late registrations and corrections in the next few days.
The 7-day incidence nationwide is 128.0.
According to the RKI experts, this value could explode after the Easter holidays *, reports
Merkur.de
*.
The corona mutation B.1.1.7, first discovered in Great Britain, now has a share of 88 percent in Germany.
"This is worrying because, according to previous knowledge, B.1.1.7 is more contagious than other variants."
7-day incidence in selected federal states
Thuringia: 227.8
Saxony: 189.7
Saxony-Anhalt: 159.5
Schleswig-Holstein: 67.7
Corona in Germany: More than 4,000 intensive care patients
In Germany, more than 4,000 corona patients are in intensive care.
For the first time since the beginning of February.
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