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RKI reports a significant increase in corona cases after travel - the proportion of the delta variant continues to rise

2021-07-30T09:21:39.420Z


According to the new RKI status report, corona infections, which probably happened while traveling, are playing an increasing role in Germany.


According to the new RKI status report, corona infections, which probably happened while traveling, are playing an increasing role in Germany.

Berlin - The corona numbers in Germany have recently increased again slightly.

The health authorities reported 2454 new infections with the coronavirus * to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day.

That comes from the numbers from Friday morning (July 29th).

That is 365 new cases more than on the same day of the previous week.

The nationwide seven-day incidence is currently 17.0 (previous day: 16.0).

According to the RKI, infections while traveling are playing an increasingly important role.

Corona in Germany: Increasing cases reported after travel

According to the RKI situation report from Thursday evening (July 29), a total of 3662 cases were reported in Germany in the period from June 28 to July 25, in which those affected were probably exposed to the virus abroad. The popular holiday countries Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands were most frequently named as likely countries of infection in the four weeks considered, ahead of Croatia and Greece. A particularly strong increase has been recorded for Turkey since mid-July, where the number of cases recorded per week has roughly doubled. France, Italy, Austria and Denmark are other popular travel destinations in the top ten of the list.

In order to curb the spread of the coronavirus * by returning summer vacationers, new rules for entry are being introduced in Germany.

The federal government has decided that a test is mandatory for those returning to travel.

From this Sunday (August 1st) vacationers will have to adjust to the new regulation.

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According to the RKI, corona infections while traveling are playing an increasingly important role in Germany.

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Most of the infections continue within Germany - the proportion of the delta variant over 90 percent

However, the RKI made it clear in its management report that the majority of corona infections * continue to take place within Germany.

The institute speaks of at least 81 percent.

In addition, information on the likely country of infection is by far not available for every corona case.

According to the report, virus variants classified as worrying are still predominant in Germany and Europe.

In this country, the significantly more contagious delta variant is now found in a random sample in around nine out of ten cases.

The proportion had grown very quickly over the course of weeks and is now 91 percent.

Corona in Germany: seven-day incidence increased, especially among younger people

According to the RKI, the seven-day incidence * in Germany is currently increasing, especially among children, adolescents and young adults between 10 and 34 years of age. By far the highest values ​​for the previous week were recorded for the subgroups of 15 to 19 year olds at 40 and for 20 to 24 year olds at 45. In particular, people over 60, for whom the vaccination rate is significantly higher than that of younger people, have so far been spared the increase. Due to the still low incidence, health authorities are currently able to understand many chains of infection, the RKI also announced.

According to the RKI, the decline in the number of hospital and intensive care unit cases with Covid-19 is unfortunately not continuing.

Instead, the proportion of patients with this diagnosis in all cases with severe respiratory infections rose slightly last week.

"Overall, however, the values ​​are currently at a low level," the RKI continued.

(ph / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

List of rubric lists: © Christoph Schmidt

Source: merkur

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