Is the wave breaking now?

Seven-day incidence fell again

Created: 02/16/2022 05:29

Easing on the horizon: The seven-day incidence in Germany has fallen for the fourth day in a row.

© Hauke ​​Bunks/Corona crisis team in the Federal Chancellery/dpa

There is growing evidence that the omicron wave is actually breaking: the incidence has fallen for the fourth day in a row.

The RKI registers 219,972 new corona infections.

Berlin – The nationwide seven-day incidence has fallen for the fourth day in a row.

This increases the evidence that the omicron wave actually breaks.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week on Wednesday morning as 1401.0.

For comparison: the day before the value was 1437.5.

A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1450.8 (previous month: 515.7).

The health authorities in Germany reported 219,972 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 234,250 infections.

more on the subject

RKI again registers more than 200,000 new infections

RKI registers 247,862 new corona infections

Corona figures from the RKI are approaching a plateau - is the wave breaking?

However, the numbers are of limited value at the moment.

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

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

In addition, the number of people who no longer have their infection confirmed by a PCR test is likely to increase – the infection is therefore not included in the official statistics.

247 deaths in 24 hours

According to the new information, 247 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 272 deaths.

The RKI has counted 12,800,315 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.

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 5.90 (Monday: 5.93) according to the RKI on Tuesday.

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 9,153,100.

The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 120,467.

dpa