Incidence in over 400: Around 3000 new infections

Created: 01/05/2022Updated: 01/05/2022, 10:57 PM

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The corona numbers in Schleswig-Holstein are rising and rising.

However, there can still be a lot of late registrations after the turn of the year.

The fact is: Schleswig-Holstein is one of the five federal states with the highest seven-day incidence.

Kiel - The seven-day incidence in Schleswig-Holstein climbed above 400 on Wednesday.

Another 2,976 new corona infections were reported within 24 hours, a little more than the day before, according to the data from the state registration office.

The seven-day incidence rose to 405.4, (previous day: 352.8).

The value stands for the number of new infections recorded per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

According to the figures from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from Wednesday morning, Schleswig-Holstein was the state with the fifth highest incidence - after Bremen, Thuringia, Brandenburg and Hamburg.

For a long time Schleswig-Holstein had the lowest value.

That has changed with the omicron variant that has now dominated the country.

The sharp increase could still have been caused by late registrations: Experts and politicians had pointed out that the official corona numbers around the holidays at the end of the year are only partially meaningful and rather too low - for example because of the shortage of staff in the health authorities during that period fewer test results are reported.

The hospitalization incidence, which is important for corona measures and indicates how many corona patients per 100,000 people came to clinics within a week, is 3.13 and thus also significantly higher than the previous day (2.71).

The number of reported Covid patients who were treated in hospital rose within one day by 19 to 221. 52 Covid-19 seriously ill patients were cared for in intensive care units (+2), 33 of whom are ventilated.

The number of corona deaths in the country since the pandemic began rose by 2 to 1894.

In a comparison of cities and districts, the district of Dithmarschen continues to be at the forefront of the seven-day incidence: the value there climbed to 671.7 (previous day: 656.7).

According to the RKI figures from early Wednesday morning, Dithmarschen was - with a view to Tuesday's figures - the district with the highest incidence in Germany.

According to the state registration office on Wednesday, the second highest incidence in Schleswig-Holstein was Kiel (583.9), followed by Rendsburg-Eckernförde (578.7).

The lowest value is found in Schleswig-Flensburg (195.4).

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