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The incidence value and the new corona infections in Germany have reached new highs.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the seven-day incidence on Friday morning as 706.3.
The day before the value was 638.8, a week ago it was 470.6.
According to data from the health authorities, the number of new infections within 24 hours was 140,160 – after 133,536 the day before and 92,223 a week ago.
It was the eighth day in a row with a new record incidence and the third day with a new high in new infections.
The incidence quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days.
Furthermore, 170 new deaths related to the corona virus were counted on Friday.
According to the latest information from the institute, the health authorities have recorded a total of 8,460,546 cases of infection since the beginning of the pandemic.
The total number of registered corona deaths in Germany rose to 116,485.
The institute put the number of people in Germany who had recovered from an illness caused by the coronavirus at around 7,178,000.
In November, the federal and state governments had defined the so-called hospitalization incidence as the decisive benchmark for tightening the corona measures.
This value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are in the hospital within seven days because of a corona infection.
According to the latest RKI report on Thursday, the hospitalization incidence nationwide was 3.56.
However, the RKI had recently found a stagnation in the so-called hospitalization incidence.
In the most recent weekly report on Thursday, the RKI also noted a further downward trend in the number of patients in intensive care units - the current exploding number of infections will therefore only be reflected there with a delay.
Omicron wave already burdens normal stations
According to the German Hospital Society (DKG), the burden on the normal wards in regions with high numbers of omicron infections has already increased massively. "Looking at the numbers, the burden in the intensive care unit seems to be decreasing, but the burden on the normal ward remains high or even increases significantly," said CEO Gerald Gass to the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND). This was made clear by the first figures from the federal states particularly affected by Omikron.
With a view to the federal-state consultations on Monday, Gass demanded specific statements on the general obligation to vaccinate.
"We need clarity on the subject of compulsory vaccination, both in terms of general and facility-related vaccination requirements," Gass continued.
»We need legal certainty and a uniform approach by all health authorities in Germany, especially when it comes to facility-related compulsory vaccination.«
Meanwhile, the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) spoke out clearly in favor of the rapid introduction of general compulsory vaccination.
"There is no alternative to compulsory vaccination for adults in order to leave the pandemic behind in the long term," said Divi President Gernot Marx to the RND.
»Without a higher vaccination rate, we will remain stuck in a kind of permanent loop.«
The doctor expects that compulsory vaccination will effectively prevent further waves of outbreaks and thus the way out of the pandemic will be successful.
"We cannot risk a new wave of numerous severe Covid 19 courses every winter season," said Marx.
cop/AFP
