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According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI),
the number of known cases of
infection in Germany has increased by
38,749 cases
to over 32.64 million within a day.
That's 2,754 more cases than Friday last week, when 35,995 cases were reported.
The
seven-day incidence
rises to
249.9
from 244.4 the previous day.
The RKI records
117 more deaths
related to the corona virus.
The known total is 148,835.
In general, this information only provides a very incomplete picture of the number of infections.
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 the distortion of individual daily values.
Comparisons of the data are also only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations and transmission problems.
In general, the number of registered new infections and deaths varies significantly from weekday to weekday, since many federal states do not transmit them to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
After seven weeks, the downward trend stops
Overall, the long-lasting decline in corona infections in Germany RKI no longer exists.
The nationwide seven-day incidence, for example, remained relatively stable compared to the week before last, “after it had previously declined for seven weeks”.
This emerges from the Covid 19 weekly report of the Berlin institute, which mainly refers to the previous week.
In addition to the incidence, which is only meaningful to a limited extent, the RKI also looks at a number of other indicators.
According to the data, the downward trend did not continue even in the case of severe Covid 19 diseases.
When it came to the number of intensive care patients affected, there was talk of a plateau.
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