Corona: RKI reports more than 250,000 cases - health authorities count more infected people than ever before

Created: 03/10/2022Updated: 03/10/2022 06:44

By: Jennifer Lanzinger

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The corona numbers have been rising again in Germany for days, and the RKI is now reporting an absolute record value.

More than 250,000 people got infected in one day.

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• The Corona * numbers in Germany are increasing again.

• The RKI reports an absolute record value (see original report).

• This news ticker on the corona pandemic is continuously updated.

Berlin – The Corona* pandemic had finally flattened out after a long winter, and the Robert Koch Institute had reported comparatively falling incidences for weeks.

For a few days, the infection process in Germany has been picking up speed again.

Now the RKI is even reporting an absolute infection record.

Corona: RKI reports more than 250,000 cases - health authorities count more infected people than ever before

For the first time in the corona pandemic, more than 250,000 new corona infections were transmitted to the Robert Koch Institute within one day.

According to the RKI, the health authorities reported 262,752 cases in 24 hours on Thursday morning.

A week ago there were 210,673 infections.

The seven-day incidence also increased significantly to 1388.5.

For comparison: the day before the value was 1319.0.

A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1174.1 (previous month: 1465.4).

But according to experts, the actual number of infected people is likely to be much higher.

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

According to the new information, 259 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 267 deaths.

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 6.62 according to the RKI on Wednesday (6.15 on Tuesday).

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