Another wave of the pandemic has reached the capital, but many people have not yet been vaccinated.
This is also registered in the hospitals.
Berlin - The corona virus is spreading faster and faster in Berlin.
Hospitals are preparing for a growing number of patients.
In the past seven days, 199.1 out of 100,000 people were infected, as the Robert Koch Institute announced on Saturday.
The value has doubled in less than three weeks and is above the national average of 183.7.
However, the vaccination rate continues to rise only slowly.
With 67.3 percent, according to the Senate, around two thirds of Berliners are fully vaccinated against the epidemic.
The rate only increased by 2.7 percentage points within a month, the proportion of first vaccinations even more slowly.
Despite corona outbreaks in old people's and nursing homes, the medical officer of Berlin-Reinickendorf sees the effectiveness of the vaccination in everyday life confirmed.
“The vaccination is working, we have fewer cases than last year.
It saves many old people from premature death, ”said Patrick Larscheid of the German Press Agency.
In almost every Berlin district there are currently outbreaks in care, but in contrast to autumn and winter 2020, many who tested positive did not fall ill at all.
According to data from the Robert Koch Institute, the proportion of people over 60 who have already received a booster vaccination against Corona in Berlin is well above the national average.
According to the Senate, 11.5 percent of the intensive care beds in the city are occupied by Covid 19 patients.
The corresponding traffic light in the country's warning system is yellow.
According to the hospital staff council, the Charité cannot fully utilize its 3,000 beds.
"Currently 2500 beds are occupied, although we currently have fewer nursing staff than a year ago," said the chairman of the committee, Jörg Pawlowski, the "Tagesspiegel" (Saturday).
"The background is exhausted colleagues who fell ill due to the constant stress or who changed jobs." Planned operations would have to be postponed again so that seriously ill corona patients could be treated.
A total of 97 Covid 19 patients were treated in the Vivantes clinics on Friday, 74 of them in a normal ward, 23 in intensive care.
Vivantes expects a significant increase in the numbers in the further course of the pandemic.
The clinics are prepared for this, it said on Friday.
The company called on people to get vaccinated for the third time.
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Corona numbers in Brandenburg rose slightly
The health authorities in Brandenburg reported 212 new Covid 19 cases within one day.
That is 18 cases more than a week ago, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Friday.
Within the past seven days, 38.5 people per 100,000 inhabitants were infected with the coronavirus;
a week ago the value was 38.1.
Corona numbers in Brandenburg rose slightly
Number of corona patients in clinics increased slightly
The number of corona patients in hospitals in Brandenburg has increased slightly.
After 54 patients the day before, the Ministry of Health reported 61 people on Saturday who have to be treated in clinics for a Covid 19 disease.
Of these, 20 patients are being cared for in intensive care, 19 of which had to be ventilated as of Friday.
Number of corona patients in clinics increased slightly
Further slight increase in corona patients in clinics
The number of corona patients in hospitals in Brandenburg continues to increase slightly.
After 61 patients on Saturday, the Ministry of Health reported 62 people on Sunday who have to be treated in clinics for a Covid 19 disease.
22 of these patients are receiving intensive care, 21 of which have to be ventilated as of Saturday.
Further slight increase in corona patients in clinics
"Our intensive care units are filling up with Covid-19 patients at a frightening rate," said Charité staff councilor Pawlowski.
50 men and women are currently being cared for, compared to almost 160 at the height of the pandemic last winter.
However, there are more non-Covid 19 cases than usual on some wards, such as heart valve operations that have been postponed due to the pandemic.
Pawlowski demanded clear statements from the Senate about the postponement of planned operations at the state's own university clinic.
In addition, the federal government needs money for deliberately unoccupied intensive care beds, so-called free hold-up lump sums.
According to the official figures, 231 036 Berliners have been infected since the outbreak of the pandemic.
3735 people died in connection with an infection.
dpa
