Corona in Nuremberg: "High degree of suspicion" of Delta variant in the clinic - incidence continues to fall

The corona numbers continue to decline.

The dangerous Delta variant now seems to have arrived in Nuremberg.

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• The seven-day incidence * of the Franconian metropolis continues to descend.

• The dangerous Delta variant has probably also arrived in Nuremberg.

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Nuremberg - In the Franconian metropolis of Nuremberg *, the corona numbers continue to decline, albeit slowly.

The Robert Koch Institute * reports an incidence of 22.2 for today's Monday (June 21).

12 other people were infected with the corona virus *.

This brings the city to a total of 34,569.

So far, 951 people have died in connection with the virus in Nuremberg.

Corona in Nuremberg: Dangerous Delta variant also arrived in Franconia

The delta variant * of the coronavirus, which was first detected in India, is also spreading in Germany. In the UK, it has already caused the incidence to triple. The virus mutation is said to be much more contagious and therefore more dangerous with regard to the spread of the disease. People who are infected with this mutation also have slightly different symptoms than the previously known coronavirus variants. Those affected complained of headaches, runny noses and sore throats. There are already 189 proven cases in Bavaria.

A first case of the Delta variant is said to have occurred in Nuremberg as well.

According to Professor Jörg Steinmann, chief physician at the Institute for Clinical Hygiene at the Nuremberg Clinic, there has so far been a high degree of suspicion of an infection with the Delta variant in one of the hospital's patients.

"The confirmation via so-called sequencing is still pending," a clinic spokeswoman told

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The course of the disease was mild, so that the patient could be discharged from the hospital after three days.

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