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Corona: Omicron subtype continues to spread - Stiko chairman with troubling concern

2022-02-24T09:47:29.370Z


Corona: Omicron subtype continues to spread - Stiko chairman with troubling concern Created: 02/24/2022, 10:35 am By: Jennifer Lanzinger Illustration of the corona virus on a warning sign, including the designation "Omicron subtype BA.2" (symbolic image) © Bihlmayerfotografie/Imago The RKI has so far registered more than 14 million infections with the corona virus, but the number of unreported


Corona: Omicron subtype continues to spread - Stiko chairman with troubling concern

Created: 02/24/2022, 10:35 am

By: Jennifer Lanzinger

Illustration of the corona virus on a warning sign, including the designation "Omicron subtype BA.2" (symbolic image) © Bihlmayerfotografie/Imago

The RKI has so far registered more than 14 million infections with the corona virus, but the number of unreported cases could be much higher.

Meanwhile, the incidence is falling again.

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  • The nationwide seven-day incidence is falling again.

  • The RKI now reports more than 14 million registered infections.

  • This news ticker on the Corona * pandemic is continuously updated.

Berlin – The corona situation in Germany has been easing noticeably for a few days, with the Robert Koch Institute reporting a falling seven-day incidence more and more often.

But the RKI still reports more than 200,000 new infections every day.

A total of more than 14 million infections have now been registered in Germany, but the number of unreported cases is likely to be many times higher.

Corona: More than 14 million infections registered in Germany

As the Robert Koch Institute reported on Thursday morning, the health authorities in Germany reported a total of 14,188,269 infections as part of the corona pandemic.

The actual number of infections is likely to be significantly higher, as many go undetected.

Because some people became infected several times, it is not possible to determine from this number how many people were proven to already have the virus.

Also on Thursday, the RKI reports a nationwide falling seven-day incidence.

The RKI gave the value of new infections* per 100,000 inhabitants and week as 1265.0.

For comparison: the day before the value was 1306.8.

A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1385.1 (previous month: 840.3).

The health authorities in Germany reported 216,322 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

A week ago there were 235,626 infections.

Corona: RKI assumes that the number of unreported cases is high

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

One reason is the limited capacity of health authorities, for example, and contacts are often only tracked to a limited extent.

In addition, according to the ALM laboratory association, there is now a larger number of people whose infection is no longer confirmed by a PCR test - these infections are therefore not included in the official statistics.

According to the new information, 243 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 261 deaths.

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 6.34 (Tuesday 6.21) according to the RKI.

Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.

Stiko boss Mertens: omicron subtype BA.2 "could be worrying"

The corona mutation omicron is responsible for the high corona numbers.

In most cases, however, the mutant should not cause more severe courses.

For some time now, however, the BA.2 subtype has given many experts headaches.

The omicron subtype BA.2 of the coronavirus could also "become worrying", according to the chairman of the Standing Committee on Vaccination (Stiko).

"We don't know yet if and how much," Thomas Mertens told the

Schwäbische Zeitung

.

According to data from laboratories and infection monitoring, however, BA.2 is transmitted more easily.

In addition, experiments with infected animals indicated that antibodies against the sub-variant BA.1, which is mainly widespread in this country, "neutralize the sub-type BA.2 less well".

There is still no clear clinical data on the question of whether subtype BA.2 causes people to become more ill than BA.1, said Mertens.

"In the worst case" it could be "that BA.2 leads to a renewed increase, an extension of the current wave of infections and more diseases again".

Source: merkur

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