“Tendency is increasing, many deaths”: Lauterbach raises the alarm for Germany because of the WHO corona numbers

Created: 03/14/2022, 09:15

By: Martina Lippl

Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Federal Minister of Health, speaks at a press conference.

(Iconic image) © Christophe Gateau/dpa

Spring is coming – will Corona be over by then?

Would be nice.

The incidence is higher than ever.

All information and developments on the subject of Corona in Germany in the news ticker.

• Corona in Germany: According to the RKI, the incidence increases to 1543.0 on Monday

  (update from March 14, 8.34 a.m.)

  .

• Lauterbach raises the alarm in view of the current corona record numbers

  (see update from March 13, 3:31 p.m.).

• CSU boss Söder criticizes the traffic light plans and warns of new virus mutations

  (update from March 13, 10:13 a.m.).

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

Corona incidence: RKI reports new high on Monday (March 14). 

Update from March 14, 8:34 a.m

.: The incidence rose to 1,543.0 on Monday, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

A further 92,378 new corona infections and 19 deaths were recorded within one day.

A week ago there were 78,428 positive corona tests and 24 deaths related to Sars-CoV-2.

Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, 17,233,729 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with corona.

125,590 people died with or from Corona.

According to the RKI, around 13,501,400 are considered recovered.

Corona in Germany: four counties incidence over 3,000

In four counties, the incidence is now over the 3,000 mark.

On Saturday there were three.

LK Schwarzwald-Baer-Kreis (3,314.7), LK Haßberge (3,174.1), LK Eichsfeld (3,079.5) and LK Regen (3,035.7).

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The number of patients in the intensive care units has hardly decreased for weeks.

There are still over 2,000.

2,161 Covid 19 patients currently need treatment, 901 of whom are artificially ventilated.

This emerges from the data of the DIVI intensive care register (as of March 14, 6:05 a.m.).

In the hospitals, the pressure on the normal wards is apparently growing.

The number of patients with a positive corona test is constantly increasing.

In addition, nursing and medical staff are absent due to infections.

The RKI gives the hospitalization incidence on Friday at 7.0.

However, the value is not reported on weekends.  

Corona record numbers: "Freedom Day" according to the Medical Association "irresponsible" - tightening is an option

Update from March 13, 4:26 p.m .:

The Lower Saxony Medical Association (ÄKN) urgently warns against lifting almost all corona rules next Sunday.

“I am extremely helpless in front of the federal government's decision to drop all effective measures to combat the pandemic on March 20th.

I can only warn against that," said ÄKN President Martina Wenker of the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung".

"We have an all-time high and, above all, incidences that continue to rise every day," Wenker stated and found: "The opening plans must be postponed."

In Wenker's opinion, at least the general obligation to wear masks and the current regulations must continue to apply, but additional tightening should not be ruled out either.

"If the numbers continue to rise, the clinics reach their breaking point and we have to complain about further staff shortages in patient care, then I can see us getting into a precarious situation again.

And then we have to resort to stricter measures again.

We can't accept an increasing burden of disease and more and more deaths just because we've set a date," Wenker warned.

"That would be downright irresponsible."

Corona record numbers in Germany: Lauterbach warns vaccinated and unvaccinated

Update from March 13, 3:31 p.m .:

In view of the corona record numbers in Germany, Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach spoke on Sunday.

"Germany now has the highest corona incidence in Europe," he tweeted, referring to current WHO figures.

"Tendency is increasing, many deaths," he continues.

The minister also has an explanation for the development: Vaccinated people are now often careless because they know that they could become infected, but usually do not become seriously ill.

But the unvaccinated are now defenseless against the virus.

Lauterbach once again calls on those who have not been vaccinated to be vaccinated “urgently”.

According to the Robert Koch Institute, the nationwide seven-day incidence rose to 1526.8 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week on Sunday.

Within one day, 146,607 new corona infections and 50 deaths were counted.

According to the Federal Government, the growing omicron wave is largely being driven by the more contagious variant BA.2.

Lauterbach had warned several times in the past few days of a possible increase in the number of deaths.

From March 20th, most of the nationwide Corona requirements should be abolished.

Based on a draft law by Lauterbach and Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP), the federal states should then be responsible for which further protective measures should still apply in hotspots that are to be determined separately.

Corona rules should fall: Söder clearly criticizes the planned law – “not reality”

Update from March 13, 10:13 a.m

.: “If the traffic light has its way, Corona will be history next week.

But that's not the reality ": With these words, Markus Söder (CSU*) has now criticized the revised Infection Protection Act, in an interview with the

.

The draft of the traffic light has real gaps and weaknesses, said Bavaria's Prime Minister of the 

.

“Basically, there are no longer any real protective measures.

This means that in autumn we are defenseless and defenseless against new mutations.

For example, largely omitting the mask is premature and can quickly lead to a so-called contamination at school, for example,” he said.

Incidence over 1500: RKI reports current corona numbers for Germany

Söder* particularly criticized Karl Lauterbach* (SPD*).

"The Federal Minister of Health is expecting new waves, and the traffic light will abolish all measures at the same time." Lauterbach had defended the proposals made by him and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) on Friday.

According to a federal and state decision, most of the requirements will no longer apply from March 20th.

The nationwide 7-day incidence of new corona infections has now exceeded the 1500 mark.

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the value was 1526.8 this Sunday morning.

In Bavaria, on the other hand, a new all-time high of 1938.7 was recorded.

Markus Söder (right) criticizes Karl Lauterbach © Montage: Wolfgang Kumm/Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

Corona: China has reported the highest number of new infections in two years

Update from March 13, 9 a.m.:

The corona numbers in China have again reached a new high, reports

.

While the levels have been rising steadily over the past few days, local authorities are said to have reached the highest number since February 2020 on Sunday, with 3,393 new infections - a doubling compared to the previous day.

On March 10, the Chinese

reported infection numbers of only around 500, since then the situation has become increasingly worse.

After lockdowns for the metropolis Changchun were announced a few days ago, restrictions are now also to come in the cities of Jilin and Yanji.

Update from March 12, 8:01 p.m .:

In France, people over the age of 80 can now get a fourth dose of vaccination against the corona virus if their booster vaccination is more than three months ago.

This was announced by French Prime Minister Jean Castex in an interview with the newspaper

on Saturday evening.

In Germany, the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) recommends a second booster vaccination with an mRNA vaccine for all people over the age of 70, people in care facilities, people with immunodeficiency from the age of five and employees in medical and care facilities.

Corona in Germany: seven-day incidence in Bavaria reaches a new all-time high

Update from March 12, 4:54 p.m .:

Shortly before the planned relaxation of the corona virus, the seven-day incidence in Bavaria also reached a new all-time high.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week on Saturday as 1876.3.

The previous high was in early February.

At that time it was 1840.4.

The incidence in Bavaria had been increasing daily since Monday (March 7th), on Friday it was still 1788.6.

Bavaria is currently the federal state with the third highest corona incidence after Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia.

Corona incidence in Bavaria is shooting through the roof - but experts assume that the numbers are much higher

The health authorities in Bavaria reported 44,896 new infections to the RKI within one day.

The number of deaths related to Corona rose by 42 to a total of 21,877.

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.

Update from March 12, 12:25 p.m

.: An internal letter from Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) to the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians causes a stir.

According to a media report, Lauterbach apparently wants the panel doctors to cancel the special corona payments.

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Corona: RKI reports new high for 7-day incidence

First report from March 12, 2022

Berlin – The nationwide incidence is now 1496.0.

Within 24 hours, 237,086 new corona infections and a further 249 deaths were recorded at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

That emerges from the data of the Covid-19 dashboard on Saturday morning.

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 7.0 according to the RKI on Friday (Thursday: 6.74).

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

Corona case numbers: RKI reports more than 237,000 new infections on Saturday, March 12, 2022

End of the mask requirement?

Intensive care physician warns: “It would be a mistake”

On March 20th, all corona measures are to be largely lifted.

Intensive care physicians warn of an end to the mask requirement indoors.

“Wearing masks is a proven and simple protective measure.

It would be a mistake to give up this means without need,” said DIVI President Gernot Marx to the newspapers of the Funke media group.

Masks can be used to effectively protect yourself and others against infection.

"The federal states should therefore in any case maintain the mask requirement in public interiors even after March 20."

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