Corona in Nuremberg: Incidence falls drastically - "lateral thinker" movement announces a change in strategy

The city's incidence has fallen sharply.

Fewer than expected came to a “lateral thinker” demonstration.

All further developments in our news ticker.

• Seven-day incidence in Nuremberg * is approaching decisive limit.

• Fewer participants than expected in a demo against the corona measures.

• Activists of the "lateral thinkers" movement announce a change of strategy.

• This news ticker is continuously updated.

Nuremberg - For a week now, easing has been possible in many cities in Bavaria.

The prerequisite for this is a seven-day incidence * of less than 100 over five days.

The Bavaria-wide incidence is at least 82.6.

In the cities of Erlangen * and Schwabach *, people can look forward to the opening of outdoor restaurants and cultural institutions.

In Nuremberg, too, the situation seems to be slowly easing.

Corona in Nuremberg: the seven-day incidence has fallen sharply - easing in sight soon?

Last week the Robert Koch Institute * (RKI) reported an incorrect incidence of over 200 for Nuremberg on several days. The city then announced the figures in a press release based on its own calculations. The reason for the data breach was a few double reports from the health department to the state office for health and food safety and to the RKI. Over the weekend, the city's incidence value continued to fall sharply. On Friday the RKI reported a value of almost 150. Today it is 116.3.

There have been 51 corona cases.

This brings Nuremberg to a total of 33,207 cases.

The number of deceased is still 923. A slight decrease can be seen in the corona * patients in hospitals.

There are still 39 corona infected people in the intensive care units and 93 in the normal wards. If the incidence in Nuremberg continues to fall sharply, easing could soon also occur in the Franconian metropolis.

Corona in Nuremberg: Fewer participants than expected at Querdenker Demo

At a demonstration of the “lateral thinkers” movement on Saturday, fewer people appeared than expected.

According to the police, around 1200 demonstrators came to the rally.

3500 participants had been announced for the demo.

A police spokesman for the German press agency said a police spokesman for the German press agency (dpa) said about 300 participants came to a counter-demonstration at the Nuremberg fairground.

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Michael Ballweg, founder of the “lateral thinking movement”, gives a speech at the rally on the Volksfestplatz in Nuremberg.

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Before that, there had been a real legal tug-of-war over the event.

After the city had banned the "lateral thinking" meeting, the organizers first moved to the administrative court in Ansbach in Central Franconia.

There a stationary demonstration without a protest march was approved on the fairground, the number of participants was approved by the judges.

After the city took action against the decision, the Bavarian Administrative Court in Munich confirmed the approval of the rally in the urgent procedure on Friday evening.

“Lateral thinkers” movement announces a change of strategy - police with a hundred officers on site

The organizers were also disappointed by the lower level of popularity.

You don't get enough people out on the streets at the moment, said one of the speakers.

He announced a change in strategy that was in preparation.

Therefore, there will probably be fewer “lateral thinkers” demos in the coming months.

The Nuremberg “lateral thinking” group wanted to remember their first demo almost exactly a year ago with the meeting, as reported by the dpa.

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Hundreds of police officers were on duty at Nuremberg's Volksplatz on Saturday.

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According to the police, both meetings went “almost without a hitch”.

Investigations were initiated against four people, among other things, on suspicion of insult, sedition and the use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations, according to a statement from the Central Franconian police.

The police were there with several hundred officers.

She got support from the Bavarian riot police.

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