Corona in Germany: The seven-day incidence continues to rise.
Two German districts are now officially Corona-free.
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The Corona * incidence continues to rise slightly.
On Saturday the value was 80.7, the day before Friday it was 80.2.
Two districts in Germany are currently Corona-free
(see first report)
.
The seven-day incidence * has long been the basis for corona restrictions.
Now other values should gain in importance, including the number of hospital admissions.
About three months before the Christmas season, there is optimism that there will be Christmas markets again this year - the rules are still unclear
(update at 1:13 p.m.).
This news ticker is continuously updated.
Update from September 4, 1:13 p.m.:
The organizers of Christmas markets are currently optimistic * about the coming season. However, it is not yet possible to say which rules will actually apply: "How infection processes and the corresponding legal regulations will influence market events cannot yet be [...] seriously assessed," Robert Franke, the head of the economic development department in Dresden, told the news agency
dpa
. A one-way system, 3G controls and more space for visitors are among the current ideas.
According to the current status, there should be no fences or admission controls, says a spokeswoman for the Christmas market at Cologne Cathedral.
"We are confident and are preparing the Christmas market at Cologne Cathedral as in previous years," the spokeswoman continued.
The Christkindlmarkt on Munich's Marienplatz is planning something similar.
The area should be enlarged and there should be delimited catering areas.
Frankfurt and Stuttgart want to develop the hygiene concepts for the Christmas markets in the next few weeks.
The final decision as to whether and in what form Christmas markets can take place in Germany * in winter lies with the government.
Coronavirus: New study - no severe disease courses in children from Delta variant found
Update from September 4, 9:32 a.m.:
A new study from the USA could not determine any more severe disease
courses
in children due to the Delta variant. The
AFP
news
agency reported
on Saturday morning. However, the scientists themselves point out that further data are needed in order to deliver reliable results. Researchers at the US health authority CDC compared the current course of disease in children with the course in January, when the alpha variant was still predominant in the USA. The researchers could not find any significant differences between the alpha and delta variants in the course of the disease.
The study used 3100 hospital cases from January and 164 hospitalizations from the current delta wave as the data basis.
The hospitalization rate of children has recently risen sharply in the USA *.
In mid-August, the incidence of hospital admissions was 1.4 per 100,000 population.
In addition, the results of the study indicate a high effectiveness of vaccination protection in adolescents *.
Between June 20 and July 31, 68 teenagers in the United States were hospitalized related to corona.
59 of them were not vaccinated, five adolescents were vaccinated once and four were double vaccinated.
The likelihood of hospital treatment for unvaccinated adolescents in the event of a corona infection is around ten times as high as for vaccinated adolescents.
Corona in Germany: Infectiologist warns against careless handling of viruses in the classroom
Update from September 4, 8:03 a.m.:
The corona numbers are also increasing in children.
That is why the infectiologist Mathias Pletz * warns against lifting the corona measures completely in the new school year *.
"After everything we know about Delta, you can't just let it go," said the director of the Institute for Infection Medicine and Hospital Hygiene at Jena University Hospital of the
German Press Agency
.
He gives two reasons for this: On the one hand, the Delta variant * could also be more dangerous for children.
This mutation of the virus is now also prevalent in Germany.
On the other hand, not all adults are vaccinated yet.
"There are [...] reports from different regions of the world that the hospitalization rate for children is currently increasing." So whether it is also true at Delta that children generally get less seriously ill than adults, one has to wait and see.
These tendencies can also be seen in Germany: In the group of 5 to 14 year olds, the numbers for new infections and hospital admissions have recently increased.
According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the seven-day incidence in this group rose from under 30 to over 170 within a month (as of September 2).
The incidence of hospitalization in children doubled at times to over 0.7.
However, this was still below the level for other age groups.
Across Germany, the hospitalization incidence is currently 1.83.
Corona in Germany: the seven-day incidence continues to rise slightly - two circles Corona-free
First report from September 4, 2021:
Munich - The seven-day incidence continues to rise.
The health authorities in Germany reported a total of
10,835 new infections
within one day.
This puts the incidence on Saturday morning at
80.7
.
The day before, there were 10,303 new infections and an incidence of 80.2.
But two districts in Germany are currently officially Corona-free: In the urban districts of
Frankfurt (Oder)
and
Eisenach
, no one has been infected with the Corona virus within the last seven days.
There were also 24 corona-related deaths within 24 hours.
A week ago it was 22. A total of 3,995,188 people in Germany have officially been infected with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic, although the number of unreported cases is likely to be significantly higher.
A total of 3,763,600 people recovered, 92,325 died from or with the participation of a corona infection.
The corona measures * have so far been based on the incidence values, but in the future other values such as hospital admissions will gain in importance *, as the
dpa reported
on Saturday morning.
The index runs analogously to the seven-day incidence and relates to hospital admissions within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants in Germany.
The current value is 1.83, the day before it was 1.74.
For comparison: the maximum value of the hospitalization incidence at Christmas time last year was 15.5.
In contrast to the incidence, however, no nationwide threshold value is planned for the incidence of hospitalization, as there are large regional differences.
In addition, it should be taken into account that in the case of severe disease, around ten days usually elapse between an infection and admission to hospital, so that the hospitalization incidence reflects the situation in Germany with a relatively long delay.
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