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RKI report: Incidences in eastern federal states have risen rapidly

2021-09-16T19:06:17.227Z


Several eastern federal states report up to 40 percent more new corona infections in just one week. In the west, however, the incidences are falling. There are explanations for these trends - several.


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Saxony brings up the rear when it comes to vaccination (archive image)

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The corona pandemic shows another clear east-west divide in Germany: the seven-day incidence, which shows new infections confirmed in the laboratory per 100,000 inhabitants within a week, has risen rapidly in several eastern federal states. In the west of the republic, on the other hand, it either remained similarly high or decreased, as stated in the current weekly report from the Robert Koch Institute on Thursday evening. In the east of Germany, the vaccination rates are still mostly significantly lower than in the west.

The comparison of the seven-day incidence of the RKI relates to the first and second week of September.

After that, the values ​​for Saxony and Thuringia rose from the 35th to the 36th reporting week by 40 percent each, followed by Brandenburg (plus 19 percent) and Saxony-Anhalt (plus 17 percent).

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania alone, the increase was rather moderate at seven percent.

In contrast, the incidences fell most clearly in Saarland (minus 26 percent), Schleswig-Holstein (minus 15 percent) and in North Rhine-Westphalia (minus 14 percent).

Nationwide, the seven-day incidences even fell slightly by five percent.

Travel and vaccination fatigue as possible causes

According to the weekly report, this development could be due to a decline in summer travel, a decrease in diagnosed infections at the start of school and the widespread introduction of the 2G or 3G rules.

In Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, the summer holidays did not end until the beginning of September.

Saxony, Brandenburg, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt are at the bottom of the range when it comes to vaccination.

sol / dpa

Source: spiegel

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