RKI reports record values - Corona mass outbreak in prison confirmed
Created: 03/18/2022, 09:51
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
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The Robert Koch Institute reported almost 300,000 new infections before the weekend.
Two other important values are also increasing again.
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The Corona * pandemic is picking up speed again (see original message).
A mass outbreak occurred in a prison in Lower Saxony (see original report).
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Berlin – The corona pandemic has picked up speed again in Germany.
The number of new infections registered in Germany also rose to a new high on Friday.
The incidence also breaks a new record.
Meanwhile, there is a mass escape in a prison.
Corona: Robert Koch Institute reports almost 300,000 new infections - incidence and hospital admissions are also increasing
According to the Robert Koch Institute, the number of new infections registered within 24 hours has risen to a new high.
The health authorities reported 297,845 new infections in 24 hours.
A week ago there were 252,836 new infections recorded.
The RKI gave the seven-day incidence as 1706.3 – this is also a high.
For comparison: the day before the value was 1651.4, a week ago it was 1439.0 (previous month: 1371.7).
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.
According to the new information, 226 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 249 deaths.
Meanwhile, the number of people who need treatment in a hospital is also increasing.
The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 7.58 according to the RKI on Thursday (Wednesday: 7.45).
Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.
Corona in prison: more than 100 cases in Oldenburg JVA in Lower Saxony
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice confirmed
a mass breakout in the Oldenburg prison in an interview with the
Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung .
More than 100 prisoners and employees have tested positive for the corona virus.
Since March 9, 98 inmates and 18 employees have been infected by a PCR test.
Testing was ordered on a case-by-case basis.
“The prisoners predominantly have a mild course of the disease;
some said they didn't notice anything at all," the ministry said.
There is no case with severe symptoms.
A total of 300 people were imprisoned in the Oldenburg prison.
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