Corona turnaround in Munich? The incidence is rising again - the delta is expanding rapidly

For weeks, the number of new coronavirus infections in Munich has been steadily falling, and the trend has apparently been reversing for a few days - a warning signal or a coincidence?

Munich - The seven-day incidence * is the marker in the corona pandemic in Germany.

After it was very high in Munich for months, it has steadily decreased in recent weeks - thanks to the weather, measures and probably above all vaccinations.

Munich: Numbers of new coronavirus infections have been increasing for days

But for a few days now, the curve of new coronavirus * infections in Munich has been moving in the wrong direction: While a few days ago the value of around 8 was finally in the single digits, on Tuesday it rose again to over 10 and thus in double digits.

The RKI reported 10.6 for the city of Munich today.

Just a slip up or the start of a new trend?

And what is it?

Football championship and celebrants in a summer mood?

Or possibly the delta variant of the coronavirus, which first appeared in India and is now gradually spreading around the world.

It is considered more contagious and, according to initial findings, could also lead to more frequent hospital stays.

Prime Minister Markus Söder only warned against the variant on Monday and therefore announced a change in the state government's vaccination course *.

Corona in Munich: is the increase in incidence due to the delta variant?

In Munich, the proportion of the Delta variant with positive coronavirus test results doubled to 24 percent within a week in June.

Experts say that it is currently expanding rapidly in the city of Munich and the surrounding area *.

The value is significantly higher than in the rest of Germany, but this could also be due to the investigation method used by the Bavarian laboratory community Becker & Kollegen.

Here, unlike in other laboratories, to save time, only those areas are examined that are characteristic of the respective virus variant.

This could lead to a higher hit rate.

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