In Germany, the number of new corona infections continues to rise.
The virologist Hendrik Streeck, however, assumes a high number of unreported cases.
The RKI reports a renewed increase in new corona infections.
The virologist Hendrick Streeck, however, assumes a high number of unreported cases.
This news ticker on Corona * in Germany is updated regularly.
Update from November 19, 3:25 p.m.:
At 625.3, Bavaria has the highest incidence nationwide. The state therefore decided on extensive measures on Friday afternoon *. Bars, clubs and the entire night gastronomy in Bavaria have to close, even Christmas markets are not allowed to take place. The new rules come into effect on Wednesday night. Then there is also a curfew in the catering trade from 10 p.m. Retail is limited to one customer per ten square meters, but otherwise remains open. Unvaccinated people have to limit themselves to a maximum of five people from two households at meetings. Cultural and sporting events are only accessible with a 2G certificate and may have a total occupancy rate of 25 percent.
At incidences above 1000, there is de facto a complete lockdown.
Events are canceled, body-hugging services have to close.
Only one customer is allowed to enter retail outlets per 20 square meters.
There are currently eight Bavarian districts above the 1000 threshold for the seven-day incidence *.
The hospitalization rate in Bavaria reaches a value of 9.15, only the federal states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt are higher with 17.55 and 11.92.
For comparison: Hamburg has the lowest hospitalization rate with a value of 1.94.
This is based on data from the Robert Koch Institute *.
Christmas market in Regensburg opens on Friday evening
Despite the ban on Christmas markets from Tuesday evening, the market in the courtyard of Gloria Fürstin von Thurn und Taxis in Regensburg has announced that it will open on Friday evening.
"As long as I have not received a legally binding written prohibition, we will continue to operate the market," said organizer Peter Kittel of the German Press Agency.
He has legal steps examined.
The market takes place in the fresh air and, according to the organizer, a 2G rule applies.
"We do not understand that a football game can take place with spectators, but our market is called into question," said Kittel.
The existence of 120 stand operators would depend on the market.
Bavaria goes into lockdown light
Update from November 19, 1:25 p.m.:
Bavaria goes into lockdown light *.
All discos, bars and pubs will be closed again next week.
All Christmas markets are canceled.
The coalition of the CSU and Free Voters agreed on this a few minutes
ago
, as
Munich Merkur
learned.
Corona in Germany: Christmas in lockdown?
Spahn expresses himself
Update from November 19, 11:45 a.m.:
Five weeks before Christmas, the Managing Minister of Health Jens Spahn does not dare to say what Christmas can look like under Corona conditions. “When asked how Christmas will be, I don't dare to say anything. It's up to each of us, ”said the CDU politician in Berlin on Friday. Spahn pointed out that with a reproduction value well below 1, the number of new infections could decrease as quickly as it increased.
The head of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Wieler, said: "If we take measures today, we will see their effect in two weeks." In regions like Bavaria, Saxony or Thuringia with very high incidences, it will of course take longer to resolve the situation de-escalate again than where protective measures were taken earlier.
“Five weeks is not a long time.” On Wednesday evening, Wieler had warned during an online discussion with the Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU): “We are currently facing a serious emergency.
We will really have a very bad Christmas if we don't take countermeasures now. "
Update from November 19, 9:10 a.m .:
Federal Health Minister Spahn and RKI boss Wieler will jointly provide information on the current situation in Germany at a press conference starting at 10 a.m.
"Have a high number of unreported cases": Virologist Streeck assumes significantly more corona infections
Original message from November 19, 2021:
Berlin - Germany is in the middle of the fourth corona wave.
To contain the pandemic and protect against further infections, the federal and state governments agreed on new corona rules for Germany on Thursday (November 18).
Meanwhile, the nationwide seven-day incidence has risen again.
Corona in Germany: Infections are increasing again
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week as 340.7 on Friday morning (November 19).
For comparison: the previous day the value was 336.9, a week ago it was 263.7 (previous month: 75.1).
The health authorities in Germany reported 52,970 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.
This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 3:48 a.m.
Exactly one week ago there were 48,640 infections.
According to the new information, 201 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 191 deaths.
The RKI has counted 5,248,291 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not recognized.
Corona in Germany: RKI reports current hospitalization rate
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days - the most important parameter for a possible tightening of the corona restrictions - was given by the RKI Thursday at 5.30 (Wednesday: 5.15).
With the indicator it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay.
A nationwide threshold, from when the situation can be viewed critically, is not provided for the incidence of hospitalization, among other things because of large regional differences.
The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas last year.
"Have a high number of unreported cases": Virologist Streeck assumes significantly more infections
While the number of infections is already increasing, the Bonn virologist Hendrik Streeck assumes that there are significantly more cases than are known. “We have a high number of unreported cases. One can assume that we currently have many more infected people than the incidence would lead us to believe, "says the director of the institutes for virology and HIV research at the University of Bonn, in the podcast" Die Wochenester "from" Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger " "And" RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland "in conversation with the podcast moderators Wolfgang Bosbach and Christian Rach.
Streeck criticizes the current parameters in the assessment of the pandemic: "We are sticking to the incidence, but it is only a case incidence and not a real epidemiological one." He complains: "In this pandemic we did not manage to collect really reliable data , where we know exactly how high the incidence is. "(
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