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Transport of corona intensive care patient in Bavaria (archive image)
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The trend towards increasing corona key figures continues.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported
30,561 new infections
within 24 hours
.
That's 9,481 cases more than Tuesday a week ago when 21,080 positive tests were reported.
The nationwide seven-day incidence is also increasing: from 232.4 the previous day
to 239.9
.
The value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have been infected with the corona virus in the past seven days.
356 other people died from
the virus.
This increases the number of reported deaths within one day to 112,579.
In total, more than 7.23 million corona tests have so far been positive in Germany.
The RKI points out that fewer tests will be carried out at the turn of the year and therefore fewer cases will probably be reported.
With a view to the infection process, the Federal Government's Expert Council on the Corona situation will meet for its first meeting in the new year on Tuesday.
The deliberations of the 19-member committee should also address the question of whether quarantine and isolation times should be shortened in view of the highly contagious Omikron variant.
However, it remains to be seen whether the Expert Council will issue an opinion on this.
Problems with the structural infrastructure are feared
There are fears that Omikron could lead to personnel bottlenecks in the police or fire brigade, but also in power plants or in the food supply.
A statement from the Robert Koch Institute is expected this week on the question of the quarantine time.
The federal institute also wants to present a solid database on the number of corona infections.
Both templates are important for the federal-state consultations on the corona situation on Friday.
This was also recently emphasized by the Association of Towns and Municipalities.
“We need a solid database on the infection rate as soon as possible.
Otherwise politics cannot decide, "said the managing director of the German Association of Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, of the" Bild "newspaper.
According to Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD), it can be assumed that the actual corona incidence in Germany is currently two to three times as high as reported.
The background to this is that fewer tests were carried out over the holidays and fewer test results were reported.
Lauterbach's spokesman confirmed on Monday that there would be "very valid figures" by the end of the week.
jok / Reuters