Corona wave in Germany is ebbing: Incidence falls below 1400 – quarantine rules should change completely

Created: 04/05/2022 07:58

By: Martina Lippl

Corona in Germany: The incidence continues to decline.

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The fifth corona wave is apparently slowly ebbing away.

The corona incidence is falling.

From May 1st everything will be different with the quarantine.

All information in the news ticker.

• Corona situation in Germany: Incidence falls below 1,400 on Tuesday morning.

• Quarantine and isolation are set to change completely on May 1, 2022.

• This news ticker about the corona pandemic* is continuously updated.

Berlin – The downward trend in the nationwide 7-day incidence continues.

The value on Tuesday morning is 1394.0 (previous day: 1424.6).

A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1703.3 (previous month: 1220.8).

Within one day, 180,397 new corona infections were reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) (previous week: 237,352).

This emerges from the data from the RKI dashboard on Tuesday morning.

However, a comparison of daily values ​​is becoming increasingly difficult.

There are increasing numbers of late reports from various federal states and many corona infections are currently not recorded at all.

In addition, 316 deaths have been recorded.

Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, 130,368 people have died with or from corona.

Corona in Germany: This is the situation in the hospitals

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 6.61 according to the RKI on Monday (Sunday: 6.97).

Here, too, there are days with incomplete reports.

The value also includes many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.

2,202 Covid 19 patients are currently being treated in the intensive care units in Germany, 847 of whom are artificially ventilated.

This emerges from the data from the DIVI intensive care register on Tuesday (as of 6:05 a.m.).

Lauterbach: "The turning point seems to have been reached"

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) was cautiously optimistic about the current status of the pandemic on Monday.

"The turning point seems to have been reached," he said.

"The number of cases is declining." However, the country is still "not in a situation where you can give the all-clear".

At the same time, Lauterbach announced a change in strategy for the corona quarantine on May 1st.

Corona case numbers on Tuesday (April 5, 2022): RKI reports 316 deaths

Corona in Germany: These are the new quarantine rules from May 1, 2022

From May 1st, people infected with Corona will

.

The new quarantine and isolation rules should be “voluntary” from this date, said Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) on Monday in Berlin after consultations with his colleagues from the federal states.

Employees in the medical field are an exception - for everyone else there is only "the urgent recommendation" to go into self-isolation in the event of an infection and to test free after five days.

• Medical workers

  : You can test yourself free after five days of isolation.

• Infected with symptoms and without symptoms:

  The new quarantine and isolation rules should be based on “voluntary”.

"The current regulation works, but is not necessary in the long term," said Lauterbach.

From May 1st, a procedure should take effect “that is largely based on a voluntary basis”.

The new regulation applies equally to infected people with symptoms and those without symptoms.

The new regulation must be implemented by the federal states.