The incidence reaches a new high and is 1450.8

Created: 2/9/2022Updated: 2/9/2022 5:24 am

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For days, a new peak in the seven-day incidence in Germany has been reported every 24 hours.

And the number of new corona infections is 234,250, higher than a week ago.

Berlin – The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported an increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence and thus a new record.

The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Wednesday morning as 1450.8.

For comparison: the day before the value was 1441.0, a week ago it was 1227.5 (previous month: 335.9).

The health authorities in Germany reported 234,250 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m.

A week ago there were 208,498 infections.

However, the figures are only of limited significance.

Experts assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data.

Test capacities and health authorities are at the limit in many places, contacts are only traced to a limited extent.

In addition, the planned prioritization of PCR tests is likely to increase the number of people who no longer have their infection confirmed by a PCR test - so that it is not included in the official statistics.

272 dead within 24 hours

According to the new information, 272 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 196 deaths.

The RKI has counted 11,521,678 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 go undetected.

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The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 5.60 on Tuesday (Monday: 5.41).

These may also include people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.

The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Wednesday as 8,373,900.

The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 119,215.

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