Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – The State Health Office reported 1116 new corona infections on Holy Saturday. This increased the total number of infections in the southwest to 371,422 since the beginning of the pandemic (as of 4:00 p.m.). The number of deaths rose by six to 8,743. At the same time, there are an estimated 331,608 recovered. That is 1689 more than the day before.
The seven-day incidence – the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week – was 121.7 on Saturday. The day before, the State Health Office had given the value as 131.1. Care should be taken when interpreting this decline. The Robert Koch Institute points out that fewer tests are usually made and reported on the Easter holidays.
All urban and rural districts in Baden-Württemberg have an incidence – mostly well – above the value of 50. The highest values are recorded in the district of Schwäbisch Hall (327.3), the Hohenlohe district (222.8) and the district of Rastatt (200 , 9), the lowest with 57.1 in the urban district of Freiburg im Breisgau.
Since the end of December, the Stuttgart authority has received 36 459 cases with indications of “worrisome virus variants”. With 32,873 cases, this mainly affects type B.1.1.7, which was first discovered in Great Britain. Most recently, 422 Covid-19 patients were treated in intensive care in Baden-Württemberg – 223 of them ventilated invasively.
Of 2426 operable intensive care beds, according to the information, a good 87 percent are currently occupied with 2111. These are not only used for corona patients, but the proportion of free beds serves as an important indicator for the burden on the health system and the free reserves. According to the health department, 1,332,129 people in Baden-Württemberg have now been vaccinated against the virus for the first time, and 560,800 have received a second vaccination.
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