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Bavaria incidence has reached its highest level since May: Figures show where most of the infections take place

2021-10-16T09:10:22.406Z


The incidence in Bavaria exceeded 100 for the first time since May. One county also jumped over 300, according to the latest RKI figures.


The incidence in Bavaria exceeded 100 for the first time since May.

One county also jumped over 300, according to the latest RKI figures.

Munich - The Robert Koch Institute * reported a seven-day incidence * of 100.2 for Bavaria on Friday (October 15).

This is the first time since May the value is above 100. The Free State was last above it on May 13th.

Nationwide, according to the RKI, Bavaria has the second highest incidence behind Thuringia.

Corona in Bavaria: Berchtesgadener Land has an incidence of 312.2

At the same time - also for the first time since May - a Bavarian district exceeded the incidence threshold of 300: For the Berchtesgadener Land, the RKI reported a value of 312.2 (previous day: 279.3). This means that the district in southeast Bavaria is also at the top nationwide.

"Most of the infection is currently taking place in schools and kindergartens," as the district explained.

“More than half of the new cases come from these institutions.

This is because the virus that in the largely unvaccinated children and adolescents is relatively easy to distribute and regular testing of this infection process visible. "



Even numbers of RKI from Thursday evening create a similar conclusion close: In his weekly report had it for nationwide total of nine Counties and urban districts stated the seven-day incidence in the age group of 10 to 19 year olds as over 500 - including four from Bavaria: Berchtesgadener Land, Straubing-Bogen, Traunstein and the city of Rosenheim.

Corona: Nine of the ten German hotspots are in Bavaria

Among the total population, nine of the ten highest incidences in Germany can be found in Bavaria. The Traunstein district with 259.2, the Rosenheim district with 235.9 and the Straubing-Bogen district with 226.1 are in second to fourth place.

The lowest incidences in the Free State are currently in the districts of Tirschenreuth with 15.3, Hof with 36.0 and Fürstenfeldbruck with 38.4.

(By the way: Our Bavaria newsletter informs you about all the important stories from the Free State. Register here.)

Despite high corona incidences in the Free State - the hospital traffic light is green

But for the tightening of Corona * protective measures, the incidence is no longer the decisive value.

Rather, this is the hospital traffic light, which according to the Ministry of Health in Munich is still on green in the Free State.

At the traffic light, it is evaluated how many Covid-19 patients come to the hospitals or even have to go to the intensive care units.

The incidence figures are based on the RKI report from Friday morning, they can still change afterwards.

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

List of rubric lists: © Tom Weller / dpa

Source: merkur

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