The incidence of Bavaria is increasing steadily: Söder's corona statement is expected - a new disaster is being considered

The corona situation in Bavaria is worsening day by day.

The cabinet around Prime Minister Markus Söder will therefore consult again today.

Read all the news in our ticker.

• The Corona * numbers in Bavaria continue to rise.

  The hospital traffic light is red, which means that the measures are again tightened.

• At noon, Prime Minister Markus Söder * will assess the current situation at a press conference - the declaration of a disaster is probably up for debate (see update from November 9, 9:18 a.m.).

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

Update from November 9th, 11.30 a.m.:

The press conference begins in 90 minutes after the meeting of the Bavarian state government.

Prime Minister Markus Söder will speak there with Health Minister Klaus Holetschek and Education Minister Michael Piazolo.

You can follow the press conference at 1 p.m. here in the live stream and ticker.

The incidence of Bavaria is increasing steadily: Söder's corona statement is expected - a new disaster is being considered

Update from November 9, 9:18 a.m.:

The state government around Prime Minister Markus Söder is meeting today on the current Corona situation.

A press conference is planned for 1 p.m.

According to information from

, consideration is being given to identifying the disaster again - throughout Bavaria.

Most recently, this had been the case for almost the entire first half of 2021.

This made it easier for the Interior Ministry to organize the fight against the pandemic and for authorities to coordinate better.

The incidence of Bavaria is constantly increasing: Söder's corona statement expected - is there a threat of further tightening?

First report November 9th, 7 a.m .: Munich

- The Corona numbers * in Bavaria keep increasing.

The seven-day incidence across Bavaria is on Tuesday, November 9, according to the Robert Koch Institute, at 348 (as of 3:12 a.m.).

The previous day the value was 316.2.

19 cities and districts report an incidence of over 500. The district of Miesbach * in Upper Bavaria was again the front runner in Germany on Tuesday with an incidence of 868.4.

Corona situation in Bavaria: Söder-Kabinett advises on the worsening situation

The hospital traffic light in Bavaria has been red since Monday, as more than 600 intensive care beds in the Free State are already occupied by Covid 19 patients.

This has resulted in a tightening of the applicable measures since midnight.

Now the cabinet wants to discuss the worsening situation again in its meeting on Tuesday.

What will be decided is not yet certain.

Individual tightening in public areas would be possible, but also relief for students between 12 and 17 years of age.

A vaccination recommendation has only been in effect for these since August, most of them are unvaccinated.

Corona explosion in Bavaria: Incidence is increasing continuously - clinics impose a ban on visits

The criticism that an expansion of the 2G rule would exclude young people from social life is great because they are no longer allowed to participate in sports or other leisure activities, for example, even with a negative PCR test.

These "hardships for children and young people" should be "cushioned", it was said by the free voters.

In the video: the traffic light turns red, that's changing

Of the 612 Covid-19 patients who were treated in the Bavarian intensive care units on Monday afternoon, 324 have to be artificially ventilated.

In some areas, such as the Bad-Tölz-Wolfratshausen district, a ban on visiting all clinics has already been imposed - including those who have been vaccinated.

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