DThe nationwide seven-day incidence has now fallen again after a significant – probably still Easter-related – increase on the previous day. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week on Wednesday morning as 887.6. For comparison: the day before the value was 909.1. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 688.3 (previous month: 1723.8).
The health authorities in Germany reported 141,661 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This emerges from figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 7:04 a.m. A week ago there were 198,583 registered infections.
Comparison of daily values is becoming increasingly difficult
When considering the values, it must be taken into account that individual states do not report data every day of the week, and at weekends, for example, Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony do not, or only partially, report data. This in turn leads to late registrations on the following days. A comparison of daily values is therefore becoming increasingly difficult. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only these count in the statistics.
According to the new information, 343 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 348 deaths. The RKI has counted 24,479,055 infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 6.12 on Tuesday (Monday 5.04). Here, too, there are days with incomplete reports. The value also includes many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.
The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Wednesday as 21,885,900. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 134,832.
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