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In Germany, the number of registered
corona infections rose
by
77,636
(previous day: 84,655) to almost 26.7 million, according to data on the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) website.
The
seven-day incidence
is
276.9
– the value on the previous day was 238.1.
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 by far 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.
The
number of deaths
increased by
90
to 139,623.
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, as more and more federal states do not transmit to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
In the ongoing fight against the corona pandemic, the President of the German Medical Association has appealed for a better database to be made available.
"In the last two and a half years, we have experienced a veritable data blind flight that was not a good basis for rational decisions," Klaus Reinhardt told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
The number of cases is likely to increase rapidly in autumn and winter
The hospital and intensive care bed load can only be realistically forecast if there is clarity about the actual course of infection.
The federal government should therefore adopt the advice of its experts and finally systematically collect and evaluate data on the dynamics of infection, the severity of the disease and the burden on the health system.
The Expert Council expects the health system and the infrastructure, which is critical for the population and the state, to be under considerable strain again in autumn and winter.
Among other things, he urges long-term improvements – namely in data analysis and forecasting.
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