Corona incidence is falling again - but RKI reports hundreds of deaths
Created: 12/17/2021, 06:48 AM
From: Jennifer Lanzinger
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The seven-day incidence is falling again, but the Robert Koch Institute reports hundreds of deaths.
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The Corona * incidence in Germany drops again on Friday.
Meanwhile, the RKI reports hundreds of deaths.
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Berlin - The corona virus continues to spread in Germany, but current figures continue to give hope.
The Robert Koch Institute reports a decrease in the Corona * values again, and the seven-day incidence is also falling again.
Nevertheless, the RKI reports hundreds of deaths again.
Corona incidence is falling again - but RKI reports hundreds of deaths
As is clear from the current figures from Friday, December 17, 2021, the seven-day incidence is falling again. The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week at 331.8. For comparison: the previous day the value was 340.1. A week ago the nationwide incidence was 413.7 (previous month: 319.5). The number of new infections also drops again compared to the previous week. The health authorities in Germany reported 50,968 new cases to the RKI within one day. Exactly one week ago there were 61,288 infections.
According to the new information, 437 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago, the reported number was at a similar level, with the RKI recording 484 deaths exactly seven days ago.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Thursday at 5.17 (Wednesday 5.27).
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Omikron is also spreading in Germany.
38 employees of a company in North Rhine-Westphalia are suspected of being infected with the Omikron variant.
