Corona in Germany: Numbers nationwide are falling - politicians are pushing for vaccinations among young people

The downward trend in the decisive indicators in the Corona crisis in Germany continues.

All federal states are now below the critical incidence mark.

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• The indicators for the coronavirus crisis in Germany continue to decline.

• The critical incidence of 100 has now been

  fallen below

  in all federal states

  (see update 24.5, 11.47 a.m.)

  .

• In the USA, cases of cardiac muscle inflammation after corona vaccination are being investigated

  (see update 5/24, 9:11 a.m.).

• This

  news ticker about the corona crisis in Germany

  is continuously updated.

Update from May 24, 3:39 p.m.:

Numerous politicians from various parties in Germany are pushing for quick corona vaccinations for children and adolescents.

Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn and Federal Minister of Education Anja Karliczek (both CDU) want to have young people vaccinated in the summer to enable them to return to regular classes.

The FDP demanded that parents be given preference in vaccination.

Corona in Germany: Greens want to distribute holiday vouchers

The Greens suggested giving poor families holiday vouchers and children money for sports clubs. "There needs to be offers for children and young people to catch up on what has been missed and for families to finally stop and take a breath," said parliamentary group leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt to the newspapers of the editorial network Germany on Tuesday.

The Association of Towns and Municipalities called for the protection against infection in schools to be improved.

"After the schoolchildren have had a difficult year of pandemic, everything must now be done to prevent us from having a school lockdown again in the fall," General Manager Gerd Landsberg told Funke newspapers.

It is not yet clear when younger children can be vaccinated.

The summer holidays should be used to sustainably improve the protection against infection in schools over the long term.

Corona in Germany: All federal states fall below the 100 incidence

Update from May 24, 11:47 a.m.:

According to the RKI dashboard (as of

May 24

, 11 a.m.), the incidence has now fallen below the critical mark of 100 in all federal states.

This means that the so-called federal emergency brake is no longer in force in any federal state, according to which uniform framework restrictions in the form of curfews, contact restrictions and stricter rules for schools and retailers apply.

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All federal states in Germany now have an incidence below 100, as the RKI dashboard shows.

© Screenshot RKI Dashboard

The highest 7-day incidence * is currently still in Thuringia with a value of 96.6, as can be seen in the following list.

Schleswig-Holstein, on the other hand, has now reached the lowest value.

Here the 7-day incidence is only 30.3.

federal state	7 day incidence
Thuringia	96.6
Saxony	80.6
Baden-Wuerttemberg	80.2
Saarland	78.5
Hesse	74.1
North Rhine-Westphalia	65.7
Bavaria	59.2
Berlin	55.9
Rhineland-Palatinate	54.3
Saxony-Anhalt	53.4
Bremen	52
Brandenburg	46.9
Lower Saxony	45.4
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	39.6
Hamburg	34.8
Schleswig-Holstein	30.3
Source: RKI Dashboard, as of May 24, 11:57 a.m.

Within the districts in Germany, the Bavarian city of Memmingen is the single leader in terms of incidence.

Here the value is 238.1.

In no other district in Germany is the value above 200. The residents of Flensburg can look forward to the lowest incidence.

Here it is just 5.5.

Corona pandemic: USA examines cases of myocarditis after vaccination

Update from May 24th, 9.11 a.m.:

In the USA, children and adolescents from the age of twelve are vaccinated against the corona virus on a large scale.

Now several cases of myocarditis in young people in connection with a corona vaccination are making headlines.

Such cases are therefore now being investigated by the US health authority CDC.

There are a small number of cases in adolescents and young adults who were vaccinated with mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Biontech * or Moderna *, said the CDC.

"Most cases appear to have been mild with a follow-up on cases".

Side effect of the corona vaccination?

Heart muscle inflammation more common in young men

According to the authority, so-called myocarditis occurred more often in young men who had already been vaccinated for the second time.

The authority did not initially disclose how many cases there are and how old the victims are.

In contrast to the USA, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is currently still examining the approval of the corona vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer for twelve to 15 year olds.

So far, reports of side effects from the Astrazeneca vaccine have been of particular concern.

A study from the UK also recently provided insights into cerebral vein thrombosis related to mRNA vaccines from Biontech and Moderna.

Corona in Germany: Again, significantly fewer new infections

Initial report from May 24, 2021, 8:51 a.m.:

Berlin - The German health authorities reported 2682 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) * within one day.

This is based on figures on the RKI dashboard from Monday morning (May 24, 2021, 5.30 a.m.)

A week ago there were 2,730 more new infections - at that time the value was 5412 infections.

Corona incidence in Germany continues to descend - RKI points to distortion

More and more districts have now fallen below the critical incidence of 100, at which the nationwide emergency brake comes into force. According to the RKI, the 7-day incidence nationwide on Monday morning is 62.5 (previous day: 64.5; previous week: 83.1). However, the RKI points to biases in the data due to the Whitsun holiday:

“Due to the holiday on May 24th, 2021, when interpreting the number of cases, it should be noted that fewer people visit a doctor on public holidays and bridging days, 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. "

The RKI also recorded a pleasing decline in reported deaths: According to the information, 43 new deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 64 dead.

The RKI has counted a total of 3,651,640 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, however, since many infections are not recognized.

Corona in Germany: Further indicators with a downward trend

The RKI stated the number of people recovered at around 3,408,800.

The number of people who died with or with the involvement of a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 is now given as 87,423.

The nationwide seven-day R-value * was 0.87 according to the RKI situation report from Sunday evening (previous day also: 0.87).

This means that 100 infected people infect a further 87 people.

The R-value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago.

If it is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides;

if it is consistently higher, the number of cases increases.

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