RKI reports more than 120,000 new corona infections: Summer wave is picking up speed
Created: 06/21/2022, 07:05
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
Germany hopes for a summer without corona worries.
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Despite high temperatures, many people are currently infected with Corona.
The RKI reports an increasing incidence and more than 120,000 new infections.
Berlin – The corona virus has been occupying people worldwide for more than two years.
For this reason, everyone should have wished for a relaxed and, above all, rule-free summer.
As the Robert Koch Institute informs, the numbers remain consistently high despite the high temperatures, and the seven-day incidence is even increasing.
Corona: RKI reports more than 120,000 new infections - summer wave is picking up speed
The RKI put the nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections on Tuesday morning, June 21, 2022, at 458.5.
The day before, the value had already been above the 400 mark.
The RKI put the value on Monday at 416.0 (previous week: 447.3; previous month: 342.0).
However, the incidence does not provide a complete picture of the infection situation.
Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI - mainly because not all infected people have a PCR test done.
Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics.
In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
Corona: summer wave rolls over Germany - number of new infections continues to rise
And the number of cases of infection remains high.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 123,097 new corona infections (previous week: 105:840) and 182 deaths (previous week: 107) within one day.
Here, too, comparisons of the data are only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations or transmission problems.
In general, the number of registered new infections and deaths varies significantly from weekday to weekday, since more and more federal states do not transmit to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
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